Children's Illustrated

NY, Scribners, 9th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Color illustrations by Shulevitz. Light edgewear, closed tears to dust jacket. As the boy who lives in a tenement looks out the window on a rainy day, he begins a story about a king, a queen and a little price who visited him, but he was not home. Then, as the story progresses, more days and more characters are added on to the ensemble until on Sunday, when the cast of characters is complete, the little boy is home to greet his company. And, the reader discovers that the little boy's imagination allowed him to invent his company while he was playing with a deck of cards.

Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages. Black & white illustrations. by Roger Garland. Small stain to back of cover.

Hardcover. US, Piggy Toes Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, tight copy. In this technical tour de force, father and daughter combine origami-style figures and intricate pop-up effects into six spreads and a double gatefold of paper magic. The art evokes common materials, from a whirl of newspaper doves or passport pages made into sailboats to legal-pad-paper ducks swimming in a desktop "pond" of spilled coffee and, for a spectacular finish, an array of Chinese take-out menus and cartons falling prey to a hungry dragon's attack. The figures are mostly made of precut and glued pieces, but many of the beaks and noses, at least, are actually folded.

NY, Atheneum, 1st , 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that is price-clipped. Color illustrations by Leslie Holt Morrill. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 5th pr., 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in red, large format. A square, bright copy of this vintage classic dictionary for children. Color illustrations by Gertrude Elliott. No marking.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ron Parker. A look at the bears of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains depicts them foraging for nuts and berries, readying a den for hibernation, and waking and sleeping with the rising and falling temperature during the long winter.

Hardcover. NY/London, Frederick Warne, 2nd Ed., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Small hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The original of this story was written by Beatrice Potter in 1907 but never illustrated by her. This Second Edition features the first appearance of the lovely color plates by Marie Angel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Princeton Architectural Press, rep, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the Rands. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 32 pages illustrated in color by Grifalconi, Bright, unclipped dust jacket. Sissy, a pensive, round-faced, soft-eyed little black girl, mopes around her Georgia farm feeling neglected, lonely and "all grumpy-like." She is missing her father, who ". . . had died back when I was a baby girl." But her understanding uncle emerges from the fields, sees her sadness, and makes her feel better by reminding her that "we all be family." Uncle Dan knows that, just like his crops, she needs a little watering, a little love , and a little attention to shake off her blues. Sissy's Uncle Dan is able to cheer the little girl up when he takes her into the corn fields and points out to her how each and every one of the ears of corn is different from the other.

Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 92 pages illustrated in color by Parsons. Name on page opposite the title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harpercollins;, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An illustrated edition of the libretto for Handel's popular choral work, color plates by Barry Moser.

Hardcover. New York , Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages, hardcvoer with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Frank Modell. Some light edgewear, spine faded. Clean, tigth copy.

Hardcover. NY, Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Rockwell. Dust jacket with mild edgewear, light soil. Previous owner's inscription also on front fly leaf. First Printing stated. 23 full-page color Norman Rockwell prints of his wonderful art work. The Rockwell pictures are complimented with one-page short stories.

Hardcover. NY, Larousse, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated cloth covers, no dustjacket. Translated by Anthea Bell. Color illustrations by Svend Otto S. Some foxing to covers. Otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Kalman. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Feiwel & Friends, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Instagram superstar Eva Chen is back with Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure, featuring illustrations by Derek Desierto in a story thats equal parts fashion fairy tale and guide to girl power.Its school picture day and Juno Valentine is having a fashion emergency! Her mom wants her to wear fabulous florals, her dad wants her to wear rainbow ruffles, but Junos not sure what to choose. And just when Juno thinks her conundrum couldnt get any more complicated, her little brother, Finn, disappears into the magical hall of shoes! In an epic chase through time, Juno gets some help from female icons like Simone Biles, Audrey Hepburn, Annie Oakley, and Michelle Obama. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright die-cut dust jacket with decorated boards. Printed on yellow paper. Colorized illustrations. Dark green ribbon page marker. Like new.

Hardcover. Seymour, Greenwich Workshop Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 100 pages. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SCOTT GUSTAFSON ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Templar/HarperFestival, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. With 12 original holograms, color illustrations and die-cut windows, a spooky story in which a grandfather takes the children on a fossil hunt, but when they find a giant bone in a cave, the past comes to life in a ghostly form. Minor wear to top of spine

Hardcover. New York, Jump At The Sun/Hyperion, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED AND DATED BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS ON BACK OF FRONT ENDPAPER. Clean, bright hardcover in a very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Hungary, Petofi Printing House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial laminated boards. Color illustrations by Emma Heinzelmann. Spine and corners rubbed. Translated by Judith Elliott. Covers slightly splayed. The Terrible Seven cats terrify nine dogs, all called Louis in what was perhaps the most frightful conflict since cat and dog wars began.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages. Color illustrations by Bea Rabin Seiden. Great story to read to toddlers especially those with a finicky appetite!

NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak. Tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 76 pages, seven color plates & numerous b/w illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. No date, probably 1950s. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED on dedication page by author. Clean, tight copy. The mouse Ralph is a short order cook on the docks & rescues a kidnapped opera singer from a gang of rats.

Hardcover. Indianapolis/NY, Bobbs-Merrill , 1st U.S., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Werner Maurer. very good in unclipped, very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover. Color title page plus 23 full-color plates by Smith. Beige cloth spine with paper covered boards, color illiustration on cover. Hinge shows stress just after front fly leaf, otherwise very good with minor nicks to cardboard edges.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, Long ago in Italy, a mighty asparagus grew smack-dab in front of the king's castle. Was the king happy about it? No. The asparagus had to go. But how does a king reason with an asparagus of such stature? With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Vladimir Radunsky tells the uproarious tale of an almost immovable vegetable. Drawing on Italian Renaissance art, the esteemed artist creates a breathtaking magical kingdom, where it's easy to imagine that such an asparagus existed. His artwork is as gorgeous as it is funny. Although the old masters may turn over in their graves, readers of all ages will clamor for more of The Mighty Asparagus.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. Three-tone illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Dust jacket with light edgewear, foxing.

Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap, 1st thus, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, illustrated in color and b&w by Doris and Marion Henderson. Oblong format, color illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Ruth Wood. Wonder Books #550, 39 cents. This lovely vintage children's book circa 1950 tells the story of an old school bus named Busby driven by Joe the driver and his many adventures. Ownership page with name, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W drawings by C. Walter Hodges. 189 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Like new.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY DUVOISIN on half title-page. Color illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Light wear to cover. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 4th pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Full-color illustrated pop-ups by Sabuda, special foils. Excellent condition. No dust jacket issued.

New York, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Parker. Dust jacket with soiling, tears, chipping. Clear plastic protective cover.

New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardbound in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Wood. Dust jacket with light edgewear. The great Detective Valentine has his work cut out for him when the snow queen's crown is stolen two days before the contest and the mayor's wife, a famous actress, and the detective's good friend are all suspects.

Hardcover. New York, Capital Publishing Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 pages illustrated in color with oversize die-cut cardboard covers. Features a piece of felt that can be buttoned to dog's face at the nose - which is an actual button. Green plastic spiral binding, light crease to back cover,dog head reinforced in rear, otherwise very good. Story by Terrus, design and pictures by Plowitz.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Company, reprint, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 95 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has heavy chipping and wear. Small chunk missing from top, corners and bottom/top spine. Chipping to cover boards, light internal soil, gutter cracked on page 19.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 3rd Printing, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. INSCRIBED BY BILL LITTLEFIELD ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Bernie Fuchs. First edition, 3rd printing. Vermont Council on the Humanities stamp at bottom edge of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 48 pages illustrated in color by Aliki. With her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater.

Hardcover. NY, Walker & Company, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 118 pages illustrated in b&w by Patricia Lynn. Details the early years in the life of the "frontier President," describing how the fatherless boy became a landowner at age three, a rebel scout at thirteen, and a lawyer at twenty. Clean copy.

Akron OH, Saalfield, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial with red cloth spine, 92 pages. 10 full-page color illustrations by Eleanor Madsen & numerous b/w drawings by Fern Bisel Peat. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in red and black, front cover stamped in black, red and gilt. Floral endpapers. 21 line drawings by W.A. Rogers. No date on title page, assumed late 1880s reprint.

Hardcover. NY, Duffield and Green , 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in green cloth stamped in black. Unpaginated. Black-and-white silhouette illustrations throughout. Ex-lib with light residue, stamping to endpapers. Irish fantasy, in which young Patsy O'Flaherty plans to make a fortune capturing leprechauns.

Hardcover. New York, Georgia University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.SIGNED BY LOPEZ on half title-page. Color illustrations by Tom Pohrt.

Hardcover. NY, Joanna Cotler /HarperCollins, 5th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Summary of the story: "A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world". Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago IL, Albert Whitman & Co, reprint, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 160 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Eleanore Mineah Hubbard. Previous owner's bookplate and signatures on front end paper and front fly leaf. Top corners bumped. Wear to covners and spine. Scribbling in pencil on rear endpaper. Some soiling to covers.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 109 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. small dent on front cover bottom, otherwise tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Lillian Hoban. A young girl describes her adventures with her unusual friend, Lily Boop, who keeps a pet slug and eats raw eggs for lunch. Clean copy.