Children's Illustrated

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. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Marc Simont. Light rubbing to dust jacket and some sticker residue on front.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by cartoonist James Stevenson. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, reprint, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth cover with pictorial design stamped in black and gilt. Color frontis plus b&w plates by Arthur DeBebian. Billy, our favorite goat, escapes from his comfortable farm home and causes absolute chaos in a travelling circus. Rescued by his master, he is then kidnapped and made to perform. Clean copy. Light shelf wear.

hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white photos by Ylla. Light edgewear to dust jacket and rubbing. Shelf wear to covers.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, no dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w by the author. Tan cloth covers with dark brown illustration, lettering. End paper map by De Angeli. Stated first edition. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harlan Quist, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with light gray lettering, no dust jacket. Full color illustrations by Etienne Delessert. A retelling of the story of Noah's ark with vivid, color illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, McElderry Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by James Watts. Clean, tight copy. Retelling of a wry Chinese folk tale, charmingly illustrated.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover, illustrated in color by Bruce Ingman. Clen, tight copy.

Softcover. Paris, DIANE SELLIERS, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Softcover, in a pictorial dust wrapper, 395 pages. Color illustrations by Pat Andrea give a whole new surrealistic look to the classic tales. FRENCH TEXT.

NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket pristine. Color illustrations by Brusca. A familiar folktale motif is that of the clever man who outwits the devil. In this zesty retelling, based on an Argentinian source, that man is Juan Pobreza, a poor blacksmith who reshoes a mule belonging to St. Peter and charges nothing for the job. Touched, St. Peter asks the man to name three wishes. Juan, sure that Peter is not who he claims to be, makes three seemingly senseless wishes that help him out later when he must deal with the agents of the devil. In the twist at the end, Pobreza finds himself barred from both heaven and hell.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Ben Shecter. Library stamps on front fly leaf, otherwise unmarked. 32 pages.John's best friend tells everything he knows about John, the secrets they share, their likes and dislikes, and the fun they have as friends.

Hardcover. Charlottesville VA, Thomasson-Grant, Inc., 1st thus, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by the author, clean, tight copy. A much-loved Danish illustrator, a 1972 Andersen medalist, takes up a problem that seems to be world-wide: kids who feel abandoned by their busy parents. Caroline, realistically pictured in the book's first half during a typical lonely day, wakes up next morning to transcribe a dream: the children band together to build a parent trap that's baited with films, videos, and free popcorn--once caught, an adult would ``never run away'' but, rather, be available for companionship and solace. In the end, Caroline's friends admire her story and do help build a playhouse-trap--with the happy implication that some adults may get the point.

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!

Hardcover. New York, Little Simon, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown covers with color illustrated pastedown. Non-Paginated. Full color illustrations by Kyte. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red illustrated boards, no dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Early printing, mid-50s, 16 titles on rear cover starting with Yertle the Turtle. This is the tall 12x9 retail edition; not the smaller book club edition. Copyright page has the Redbook reference that was removed in the bookclub editions. This copy has the original illustration of 2 Seuss characters with a black complexion from the fictional African island of Yerka; which has since become objectionable; also stereotypical drawings of Asian characters. The top 2 inches of the cardboard spine is missing. Binding sound. One of the six discontinued Seuss titles.

New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED BY COONEY on bookplate on front fly leaf. Color illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, Reprint, Circa 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR GARTH WILLIAMS ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrations in full color. Previous owners name and date (1960) at top right corner of front endpaper. Gray cloth covers. Dust jacket with missing small chunks of paper, closed tears along edges.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 127 pages; black and white illustrations. Discusses American birds of prey, such as eagle, hawk, osprey, and falcon, giving technical information as well as anecdotes of the author's experience with them. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Ed Young.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. INSCRIBED BY JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Full color illustrations by Wendell Minor. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled pictorial wrappers, 16 pages. Color plates by Peat. Light wear, some mild wrinkles.

Garden City, NY, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, and light soil. Illustrated endpapers. First book written by the notable illustrator, who went on to create the Rosy Cole children's series. A delightful tale of romance and culture in the city.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Company, Reprint, 1970's, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with white cloth spine, 48 pages. Reprint. No date. Full color illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Cupples and Leon, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, small format, gray boards printed in navy with color cover plate by John B. (Johnny) Gruelle, plus color frontis and 7 additional plates and line drawings by the artist. Mild soil along spine cover, otherwise clean.

New York, North-South Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 61 pages. SIGNED BY HAGUE on half title-page. Color illustrations by Michael Hague.

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jeanne Bendick. Dust jacket with light fading to spine, short closed tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped, edgeworn dust jacket, B&w drawings by Rita Fava. Collection of 9 French Canadian folk stories, told to told to children at the LeBlanc summer picnic in Vermont to remind them of their ancestors in French Canada; in the beginning they lived near Quebec city and wore long red sashes and later some moved to Montreal where the color was blue. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, NON-PAGINATED, HARDCOVER WITH DUST jacket. SIGNED BY SCIESZKA AND SMITH on dedication page. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Designed by Molly Leach.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Front cover slightly bowed, otherwise clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Color ullustrations by Wendy Watson.

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color and black & white illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Clean copy. A new era in the history of children's books began in 1878 when Kate Greenaway's first book of pictures and verse, Under the Window, was published. This was followed by her Birthday Book, A Day in a Child's Life, Mother Goose, Little Ann, Language of Flowers, and Marigold Garden. These and the many other enchanting volumes she illustrated, gained her a devoted worldwide audience of all ages. Today's great revival of interest in Kate Greenaway's work is understandable; as an illustrator of childhood she had no equal in her day, nor has she had since. The Kate Greenaway Book contains a short biography and selections from her best-known as well as little-known works: a collection of texts and pictures, some never even published before, charmingly arranged for readers of all ages to enjoy.

Hardcover. Westport, Rabbitt Ears Books, 2nd printing, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Henrik Drescher. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st UK, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, unpaginated (approx. 64 pages), illustrated in b&w by Irene Haas. This is a picture book that introduces young readers to a variety of useful French phrases by describing the trip of two intrepid young travellers by sea to France, by boat train to Paris, and then through sight-seeing adventures. Each phrase is accompanied by a detailed, witty, black and white pictures showing when it might be used. A wonderful picture-book for the young French language learner. Clean. No dust jacket.

New York, Clarion, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 42 pages. Color illustrations by Dirk Zimmer. Even after his magical godfather sends him home from the Black Forest with a sackful of coins, a young man refuses to listen to his mother and be content with his simple life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Augener Ltd., First Edition, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Blue cloth boards with oval paste down illustration. Toning to board edges & spine. Oval full color illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair throughout, most in very good condition. Light foxing & fingerprints to a few pages. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

NY, Viking Kestrel, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Phillippe Dupasquier. Visiting a museum with his father and younger sister, a little boy wonders if the Roman sandal on exhibit was lost by another little girl just like his sister.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, color illustrations by Marshall, very clean, tight copy, dust jacket price clipped. Lolly wangles her way into Spider and Sam's new tree house by promising to tell the boys a story, and soon everyone is telling tales.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, and Company, 1st thus, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with cover decorated in 3-colors plus gilt. Frontispiece, black and white illustrations, 59 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads at end of text. Story of a niece who invites her friends to her aunt and uncle's home in Long Island Sound. The children observe how old age can be warm and wonderful, especially when the uncle and aunt reflect their homely, country ways. Clean, bright copy.

New York, Morrow, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Hudson Talbott. Unpaginated. Tape repair to title page. As a lad of only sixteen years, Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and thus became High King of all Britain. But scarcely has he begun to arrange his court when twelve of the country's lesser kings, jealous of Arthur's glory, declare war on him. Culminating in the Battle of Bedegraine, this war is fateful in more ways than one--for not only does it secure Arthur's place among his people, it also unites his destiny with that of Lady Guinevere. In this, the second volume of his Tales of King Arthur series, Hudson Talbott masterfully retells the saga of Arthur's early days as leader of Britain, his building of Camelot, and the dedication of the Round Table--a unique brotherhood of knights devoted to unity and peace.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color illustrations by Brown. A stubborn little angel who refuses Gabriel's strict order to visit the newborn baby in the manger turns out to be a frightened little girl who has stage fright, in a magical holiday story that combines the gospel with traditional children's pageant fare.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Schuman, 1st, 1949, Book: Fair, Hardcover, pictorial boards. One of the great children's picture books that's never been reprinted. Ruth Krauss text with Marc Simont's exquisite color illustrations. The covers are edgeworn and the paper has peeled from the spine but the inside is clean and bright.

Hardcover. New York, Walck, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 47 pages. Color illustrations by Tasha Tudor.Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Co, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 68 pages. INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING BY AUTHOR TO FRONT PRELIM PAGE. Collection of children's poems with b&w illustrations by Marc Simont. Color illustrated dust jacket show light wear. Overall a tight, clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Platt & Munk Co., 1st thus, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. A fresh, clean, well bound copy. 6 leaves (12 pages) including the cover. Color illustrated front cover with interior of alternating spreads of color and black and white. Illustrations by Eulalie Banks. Stapled binding. Pages are clean and bright.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Novelty design with acetate pages that cover animals in snow. There's a musical computer chip which plays a melody when you push a button in back. Acetate dust jacket. Illustrated and SIGNED BY ERIC CARLE

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ASHLEY WOLFF ON TITLE PAGE WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. Blue board with black cloth spine, pictorial dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Extremely slight rubbing to dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, reprint, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in green cloth covers stamped in black, gilt title on spine, 416 pages. Features 8 plates in color and 174 richly detailed illustrations in b&w by Hans Tegner. First published in 1900, this subtitled The Queen's Edition published in 1909. Edges and corners of cloth worn, spine faded. Inscription on half-title page.

Hardcover. New York , Bantam Little Rooster, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Simont. Clean, tight copy.