Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.Color illustrations by Atwell. Debby Atwell does a lovely job of conveying the sweep of history. The book's two narrative threads--the histories of the United States and of six generations of Pearl's family--intertwine neatly. The pictures are a delight, and their folk art style lends a nice sense of continuity to the book.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, Lerner Publications, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by the author. How a small boy climbs the tallest tree and has to be rescued. Name stamped on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Light edgewear to covers.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. While Ol' Jake is thinking about how rich he is going to be after he catches and sells a hare he is stalking, the hare runs away into the forest. A Russian fable illustrated with lovely watercolors by Ivanov. Library binding but NOT ex-lib.
NY, Potter, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Helen Craig. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Lightly bumped corners. When Angelina Ballerina sees old Mr. Bell all alone at Christmastime, she decides to bring him some holiday cheer. Cousin Henry doesn?t want to help until he finds that there?s a real Santa Claus living in their town!
New York, Abelard Schuman, Book Club Ed., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Weiss. Light soiling to covers. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket with light edgewear, soiling.
Hardcover. NY, McElderry Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Erik Blegvad. Little Sister, a tiny girl who grows from an apple seed, helps her brother get home safely each time he strays on an errand in the wide world. Small paper scar to rear panel of dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KIRK WITH Illustration on title-page. Color illustrations by the author. Tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges.
Hardcover. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY STEVEN KELLOGG WITH SKETCH ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Softcover. La Jolla CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned. Hague's first illustrated book.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on title-page. Color illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.
Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by McCully.
Hardcover. NY, Clarkson N. Potter, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 128 pages. Charmingly attired antique Steiff bears, presented and photographed as characters in the memoirs of Ophelia, a stuffed bear who worked in a Paris shop.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 2nd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 42 pages illustrated in color by Anno. The reader, with the help of two children, Tom and Hannah, two white hats, and three red hats learns about logic. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 24 pages. Rich linocut artworks portray ten key chronological moments from the story in shadowbox-style pop-ups that reward time spent poring over the details and offer fresh perspectives on the classic. Each spread is accompanied by select quotations from the book, while brief page notes provide additional context for the depicted plot moments. Clean
Hardcover. Natick, MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger.
Softcover. Chicago, Merrill Publishing Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 12 pages, 13" x 9 1/2" heavy paper covers and pages. Covers show light soiling with slight wear at spine and corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Great art by Milo Winter.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY GENNADY SPIRIN opposite title page in gold ink, and SIGNED BY JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS in blue felt pen ink in title page. Tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.
Softcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 64 pages, 3-color cartoon illustrations by Stevenson. In the first of two easy-to-read stories a turtle and a snail make some friends with the help of a skateboard. In the second a mouse and a snail learn, through trial and error, how to be friends.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 170 pages. During her first term at boarding school, fifteen-year-old Flanders tries to cope with a variety of unusual people and situations and come to terms with her conflicting emotions about her recently separated parents. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 6th pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 96 pages illustrated with spectacular watercolor-splashed pages by Meilo So. Here in one gloriously illustrated volume are 211 wonderful poems that represent the best this century has to offer. From sibling rivalry, school, monsters, food, and just plain silliness, to such ageless themes as the seasons, Who am I?, and the many moods of childhood, this is a collection that begs to be read aloud and shared with the whole family. The poems, from every decade of this century, showcase 137 famous poets.
New York, Seabury, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages. Black & white illustrations by Joseph Duffy. Dust jacket has light wear to corners.
Hardcover. New York , Coward-McCann, Inc., 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, illustrated throughout in b&w by Sam Savitt. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil to price clipped dust jacket and boards. Internally very clean and crisp.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Brown cloth covers with blue metallic titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Very light edgewear to dust jacket; otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages, clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. Racine, WA, Western Publishing/Little Golden Book, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.
Hardcover. NY, Random House Studio , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout by Claire Keane. SIGNED BY KUNKEL on the title page. In the beginning, there was a boy named Robert McCloskey, growing up in Ohio, his hands always moving, always creating. Many years later, after attending art school in Boston, he would reflect on his days wandering through Boston Garden and write the classic picture book Make Way for Ducklings. In the beginning, there was also a girl named Nancy Sch n. She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, working in her father's greenhouse, twisting wire and boughs into wreaths. Many years later, Nancy would look at Robert's drawings in Make Way for Ducklings and get the seed of an idea. That seed became the beloved bronze sculptures of Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings that stand in Boston Garden today. This stunning and clever picture book biography intertwines the lives of two phenomenal artists--who were contemporaries and friends--and reveals the extraordinary impact they've had on generations of children.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co. , 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color art by Stephen Harvard. A vain & lazy barnyard cat makes a coat of mouse-skins- the mice consider him their god & trust him to send them to heaven. An unusual, humorous tale with a happy ending. Bookseller stamp to front endpaper, name on front flap. clean internally.
New York, Dutton, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF on half title-page. In the rhyming follow-up to Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, the students celebrate one hundred days with their teacher with projects made from one hundred popsicle sticks, beads, stickers, blocks, and more.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with red and black design, 44 pages illustrated in color by Burton. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. Bright, clean reprint of this classic, lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Marvel Comics Group, 1st , 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminated boards. Color illustrated throughout with moveable parts. Small 5-1/2 x 6" size. Clean, tight copy
Hardcover. Paris, Maison Alred Mame, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by JOB, featuring 16 gorgeous color plates. Blue cloth spine, color illustrated boards. French text. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good.
Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The fifth title in the series featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY/London, Overlook Duckworth, 2nd pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 93 pages, illustrated throughout in color by Ronald Searle. Light wear o pictorial dust jacket with small tear to lower edge of spine. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Akron, OH, Saafield Publishing Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Booklet with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Illustrated color/Black and white plates by Fern Bissell Peat. Square 12mo. Very good, scarce.
Hardcover. NY, McLoughlin Bros., reprint, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. This is the Pirated edition published by McLoughlin in NY with no date but believed to be 1880s. Illustrated with Kate Greenaway chromolithographs. Covers worn, soiled, previous owner's inscription. Fair only.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. All of your favorite fairy tale characters come together in this original pop-up masterpiece, from expert craftsman Robert Sabuda. In this brand-new pop-up adventure, a Dragon and a Knight race through a fairy tale treasury, visiting the worlds of all of your favorite stories--from "Rapunzel "to "Aladdin," to "Cinderella," "The Three Little Pigs," and more! With characters who literally pop right off the pages, this tour de force will have readers young and old speeding through the book to see just how this chase will end! Robert Sabuda has created a unique pop-up experience, bringing readers into a story via a 3-D journey. It's a true masterpiece from the master!
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Barry Moser. Cloud Eyes, a young dreamer, is the tribe's only hope for bringing honey back to the lodges of his people. So begins this Native American boy's quest. Kathryn Lasky's original story is a joy to read and hear aloud, and Barry Moser's pencil drawings beautifully evoke the mystery of this enchanting tale. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by author. Hilda Louise, who lives in an orphanage, has many friends but longs for a family, until one day her longing sweeps her away, floating up and over the orphanage walls, high above Paris as she pursues what all humans need most.
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price- clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by John Shelley. All the kids at school have amazing things--from a rabbit munching lettuce in a box, to a birthday cake hidden inside a desk--but no one can match Bobby Bell and the extraordinary surprise in his wardrobe.
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st US, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Color and b&w illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Edgewear to boards, minor soil, no markings.
NY, Hyperion, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket Color illustrations by Jim La Marche. A delightful fantasy about the passenger pigeon.
Hardcover. London/NY, F. Warne & Co., reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 64 pages. Illustrated in color by Kate Greenaway. Boards are beige, with paste-down illustration on front. Edges are bright green. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with just a trace of soil. First published with the Greenaway illustrations in 1886. Small price sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Beautiful color plates by Beskow. SWEDISH TEXT. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, reprint, Hardcover. Collection of 24 traditional French songs & rhymes sung by & to children c. 1900 (no date in book), arranged by J. B. Weckerlin, with charming watercolor illustrations by M. B. de Monvel throughout the 48 pages. Oblong hardcover has decorative red cloth-covered boards, embossed lettering in black & gilt to front cover. FRENCH TEXT. Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Juliette and her parade of stuffed animals prepare for this special holiday by choosing a tree, decorating the house, and baking cookies. Juliette explains that Santa will bring gifts for everyone, but when Christmas day arrives, she is so excited about her new presents she forgets all about her friends until she receives a special present that reminds her that friendship is the best gift of all. This delightful story, perfectly suited for the board book audience, captures the anticipationof Christmas and gently underscores the true spirit of the season. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY`, E P Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Symeon Shimin. A young boy living on the island of Bimini tries to make a trap to catch the rare wentletrap. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
 "Pearlby: Atwell, Debby")
 "Angelina's Christmasby: Holabird, Katharine")
 "Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock, Theby: Marbach /Michael Hague, Ethel")
 "Crossing the New Bridgeby: McCully, Emily Arnold")
 "Selfish Giant, Theby: Wilde, Oscar and Lisbeth Zwerger")
 "Boom Town Boyby: Lenski, Lois")
 "Simeon's Gift (SIGNED BY JULIE ANDREWS & SPIRIN)by: Edwards, Julie Andrews; Hamilton, Emma Walton")
 "Angel Hide and Seekby: Turner/Lois Ehert, Ann")
 "Elizabeth Catches a Fishby: Resh Thomas, Jane")
 "Penny a Look, A: an Old Storyby: Zemach, Harve & Margot")
 "All My Chickensby: Kraus, Robert")
 "Miss Bindergarten Celebrates 100th Day Of Kindergarten (SIGNED COPY)by: Slate/Ashley Wolff, Joseph")
 "Incredible Hulk, The - Ringmaster and His Circus of Crimeby: Lee, Stan")
 "Petite Histoire de Franceby: Bainville, Jacques and JOB")
 "The Dragon & the Knight: A Pop-up Misadventureby: Sabuda, Robert")
 "Fox Talesby: Marshall, James")
 "The Tale of Hilda Louiseby: Dunrea, Olivier")
 "Grandmother's Pigeonby: Erdrich/Jim La Marche, Louise")
 "Tant Bruns Fodelsedagby: Beskow, Elsa")
 "The Wentletrap Trap by: Jean Craighead George/Symeon Shimin")
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