Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Viking , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Max Stravinsky, the poet dog hero of Max Makes a Million , realizes his dream of going to Paris in Kalman's latest high-spirited high jinks. In the City of Light he goes to museums and clubs, meets like-minded suffering artists and falls in love with Crepes Suzette, "that divine dalmatian." Visual and literary jokes abound--a Parisienne wears strategically placed bananas a la Josephine Baker; a hunchback crouches atop Notre Dame; a man's hat is marked "this is not a hat"--while lighthearted digressions offer amusing first lessons in art appreciation. The exuberant text imports French words and other vocabulary that rely heavily on context but convey a rousing musicality ("I am Fritz from the Ritz / which I quit in a snit / when the chef in a fit / threw escargot on my chapeau / and hit my head / with a stale French bread")--sophisticated fare indeed, but children and the uninitiated alike will find plenty of amusement nonetheless. Painstaking design integrates text and pictures, turns type upside-down or sideways, shrinks or expands type size--whimsical touches in perfect keeping with this fluid work. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, lovely reprint. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SENDAK.

Hardcover. NY, Dover Publications, reprint, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in color by Gorey. A new approach to the ancient fables of Aesop features charming rhymes and winsome images by a beloved illustrator. Artist Edward Gorey sets the scenes for poet Ennis Rees's modern interpretation of Aesop's verses, which recount how animals with all-too-human failings receive their just desserts. Memorable renderings of familiar and lesser-known vignettes include the fable of the industrious ant, who prepares for the hardships of the coming winter, and the feckless grasshopper, whose laziness proves fatal. A mighty lion is amused at the notion of a tiny mouse coming to his rescue, a naive young crustacean admires the bright red shell of a boiled lobster, and a swarm of flies are undone by their attraction to a pool of spilled honey. These and other timeless tales provide humorous insights into the folly of greed and vanity and the rewards of virtuous behavior. Originally published in 1971 by Young Scott.

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by AUTHOR, Elizabeth Bluemle. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Eleanor Corwin. Light edgewear to cover edges.

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Benji Davis throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it's always been -- except that Grandad isn't there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Davies's tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after they're gone.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bright glossy color illustrated boards. All pop-ups and moving parts very good. Bright color illustrated pages. 12 pages. A well preserved copy of the 1st printing of this higHly regarded mechanical book on the human body. Name on the first page, otherwise clean

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Sis.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st Illust., 1912, Hardcover, originally written in 1886, this is a 1912 printing, a more scarce edition featuring the pen-and-ink sketches & color (black/gray/white/red) illustrations by artist Katharine R. Wireman. 91 pages. Small hardcover 8vo (6.75" x 8.5"), green cloth over boards with red & lighter green illustrations of birds, candles, & holly & red script lettering to front & spine. Front fly leaf gone, spine with mild fading.

Hardcover. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages, illustrated in color by Stanley. In an unclipped dust jacket with mild fading to spine.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 61 pages. Color illustrations by Susan Perl. An educational book created from a series of award-winning magazine ads created by Health-Tex clothes for children that ran in the 1960s and 70s. Answers a variety of questions such as "What are freckles?", "Why am I ticklish?", and "How many countries are there?" Small sticker residue otherwise clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Books of Wonder Sea Star Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dustjacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Color illustrations by Christine Davenier. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, In ancient China a jealous artist plots to eliminate the favorite architect of the emperor. Once again Demi captivatingly presents a Chinese folktale with just enough text to tell the story and keep the interest of her young readers. Rendered in vibrant reds and pale blues and yellows, her illustrations feature finely detailed buildings and costumes, all the while retaining a fresh, clean look.Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, unknown , nd., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Soiling to spine & covers. Edgewear. Corners rubbed, bumped. Previous owner's bookplate and booksellers label front pastedown. Some soiling throughout, otherwise good. Spots on spine.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 2nd Ed., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 109 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. This retrospective volume is not intended to illustrate a particular story, but to display the full range of her abilities, and it is arranged according to the seasons she celebrates in her art. There are fifty of her hand-colored woodcuts in full color and an equal number in black and white. The book is large format because that is the way she works and that's what does her work justice. The text, written by her friend Lilias Hart, discusses not only her work, but also what life is like in the rigorous reaches of Northern Vermont.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ALDREN WATSON ON TITLE PAGE. Cover boards show moderate edgewear/soil, and corners lightly frayed/soiled. EX-LIBRARY with usually stamps and adhesive residue. Rear end paper has paper pasted in for due dates.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Books, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color by Leonard Weisgard. A lovely reprint of the 1953 first printing.

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 2nd, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED WITH SKETCH BY ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.

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. NY, Rizzoli, 1st thus, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color photos by Cindy Sherman. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Bonsall. An I Can Read Book. A tale of a polar bear, walrus and a puffin. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Seymour Chwast celebrates the daily routine of getting dressed in this fittingly whimsical and satisfyingly unique novelty book. Unlike more traditional books on this topic that deal with the how of getting dressed, Get Dressed! instead tackles the why. The text "Get dressed to read about dragons" accompanies an illustration of a boy dressed in a makeshift knight costume. A girl in full floral garb stands in a garden alongside the text "Get dressed to hide." The book features half and full gatefolds, which foreshadow the items of clothing to be seen and provide surprise reveals on each spread. With a die-cut magnetic closure, even the cover invites readers to peek inside!

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 4th pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, color art by Hills. Learn to read with this New York Times bestselling picture book, starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird. Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own! Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers;, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 42 pages. Mixed-media collage illustrations, prominently featuring oversize, digitally altered photographs of human heads, reflect Garmann's anxious thoughts in his last summer before he begins school. Signs of autumn abound in nature and in his elderly aunts' annual visit. The six-year-old side of Garmann thinks his aunts are shrinking and soon may not be able to see over the grass, naively offers one aunt his skateboard when she says that soon she will need a walker, and worries because he has not lost his first tooth.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. 20 pages illustrated in color. Casper, the Friendly Ghost and Wendy, the Good Little Witch starred in animated cartoons in the 1950s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. On a sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, the local firemen spray a group of bored city kids with cool water from their hoses. In the water-drenched moments that follow, the children make the most of this unexpected treat. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem comes alive with charming and exuberant woodcuts by David Frampton, creating an adventure that readers of all ages will enjoy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, A lonely wild horse runs away to find love from children on a merry-go-round. Illustrated in color by Hoff. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 292 pages. This deluxe reproduction of the rare first edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings, Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in b&w by Sewall. Ex-lib with pocket and stamp to rear endpapers. Internally clean.

Hardcover. Creative Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. A collection of whimsical creatures introduce the colors of the rainbow, identify the primary colors, and show how to create new colors.

Hardcover. NY, Walker & Co., 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Virginia's famous father, Galileo, sleeps during the day and studies the sky at night. While he is sleeping, Virginia discovers a box on his desk with five objects inside - four pieces of glass and a feather - that reveal the world to her in new and wonderful ways.Using the rich colors and lush textures of the Renaissance, Catherine Brighton recreates Galileo's world. This child's-eye-view gives young readers an enchanting introduction to the accomplishments of Galileo, and delightfully celebrates the magic of science.An introduction by Dava Sobel, author of the best-selling adult book Galileo's Daughter, further illuminates the life experience of Galileo's daughter, Virginia. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages, color illustrations by Day. Carl is finally back! Once again, Alexandra Day has concocted a very busy day for the amazing and all-around resourceful Rottweiler Carl. His owner believes Carl is at home taking a nap, when really he's making tracks all over town. He visits a bakery, makes a delivery for the pharmacist, helps out a veterinarian, and joins in a magician's act in the park. But in the most important event of the day, Carl becomes a real hero when he rescues a litter of puppies from a fire. With eight more pages of fun than in the previous Carl books, this captivating adventure, related mostly through pictures, will delight fans old and new.

Hardcover. San Diego/NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family. Travel across our round planet as the moon pulls, the tides rise, the rain falls, and then a baby is born.

Hardcover. San Diego, Gulliver Books/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations bu Michael Hague. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages with gorgeous detailed color art by Halperin. A grandmother tells her grandchild their family history, from the time that their house was built to the time that the grandchild's parents added on a nursery. Inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Lifflin Company, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON FRONT FLY LEAF BY AUTHOR. Color illustrations by Macaulay. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy. Color illustrations by Gerrard. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover, no dust jacket in slip case. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 96 pages illustrated in b&w by Lobel. Introduces various aspects of Indian life through such handicraft projects as masks, corn-husk dolls, and a tepee. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue to rear inside cover, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1st, 1939, 63 pages. Small hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipped cover boards. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Xerox Education Publications, BC Ed., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by the author. Sloth plans a birthday party but is afraid no one will come because they don't like his messy house. Clean copy. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Chicago, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrated boards with a edgeworn dust jacket that matches the boards. 12 color and numerous b&w illustrations by Virginia Albert. Small blue stain to edge of last 10 pages, not affecting text or pictures. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by Keats. Children's Book Club Edition. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with light to minor wear to paper wrappers. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Previous owner's markings on some pages.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color, b&w Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. Gilt lettering dulled, previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Some soiled spots on front cover. Corners frayed and edged worn.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 28 pages with color art by the Warner Bros. Studio. Mild edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by both Vera and Jennifer Williams. Clean, tight copy. Dust jacket has creases and light staining.

Hardcover. Phila, Jr. Literary Guild/Winston, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 115 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Decie Merwin, dj w/chipping, wear, closed tears. Light musty smell otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Skyhorse, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a board book. 24 pages with color illustrations by Jon Apple. A very hungry zombie eats his way through a variety of his favorite foods, including clowns, astronauts, rock stars, fingers, and brains. With vivid, playful art and amusing text, The Very Hungry Zombie will appeal to picture-book lovers of all ages. Adults will catch its slightly demented humor. Older kids who grew up on classic board books will love the fun of the parody. And because the art leans toward humor rather than truly graphic grossness, a new generation of little ones may just grow up loving a creepy zombie whose gluttony earns him a bellyache. Clean copy.