Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. London, Whizzard Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket depicting Alice stretching to put an envelope into a red cast iron Victorian postal box, illustrated with philatelic color images (stamps and covers mainly) relating to Alice by Tenniel, pictorial end-papers with B&W images of Lewis Carroll & Sir John Tenniel, 48 pages. An unusual reprise of postal images relating to Tenniel's classic illustrations of Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Bookplate on dedication page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Sydney, Austalia, P.I.C., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Clean, tight copy. This children's picture story, a detective mystery, is about a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, and which disappears in New Jersey. This is one of the author's most hilarious, but overlooked, masterpieces for any child or adult to enjoy. The life-like illustrations are by international illustrator, Robert Ingpen. The literature classic was originally published in 1882 as a short story.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st US, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt decoration of peacock on front. Moderate wear to edges. Tight copy. Illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Book/Western Publishing, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated by Scarry. Harry and Larry go fishing for the Cat family's dinner, but all they catch is trouble. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with laminated boards. Color illustrations by the author. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Mahwah NJ, Troll Associates, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 6 pop-up spreads featuring Paddington the Bear. Pictures by Ivor Wood. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1951, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper-covered boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Florence Sarah Winship. (A Tell-A-Tale Book) The subject is a fire truck. Covers are chipped, worn at edges, fragile condition.

Hardcover. NY`, Child's Play Ltd., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Meyrick. Laminated covered boards with color illustrations. Small dings on top edge.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st this Ed., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A reproduction from an 1895 ed. by Ernest Nister. No dj issued. Five pop-up in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Palazzo Editions, reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 209 pages. Illustrated in color by Robert Ingpen. The 1926 translation is by Carol Della Chiesa. Award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen captures the rascally Pinocchio and his extraordinary escapades as never before, breathing new excitement into this enchanting classic. The tale of how the old woodcarver Geppetto made a disobedient puppet boy that could talk, dance and turn somersaults has been a much-loved story since it was first written more than 130 years ago. The Adventures of Pinocchio first appeared in 1881 as a series in a children's newspaper. Since then, readers young and old have delighted in Collodi's fantastic fairy-tale world, in which anything can happen and excitement waits round every corner. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY ON TITLE PAGE. Red laminate covers and white laminate dust jacket with color illustration, lovely full page color illustrations by McCully. Clean covers and dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a beautiful children's book.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on title-page. Black & white illustrations by David Wiesner.

Hardcover. NY, Random House/ Beginner Books, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with minor wear to spine and corners, chip to rear panel at bottom. Pictorial glossy boards. Contents tight and unmarked. $1.95 price on dust jacket flap. Color illustrations by the Berenstains. An early printing of their first book, but back of dj has their second book listed (The Bike Lesson) so not a true 1st printing.

Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards, unpaginated (40 pages), illustrated in color and b&w by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. Shelf wear, back cover rubbed, otherwise good plus.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI , Eerdmans, 1st?, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Really nice, new-looking condition. Color illustrations by Nancy L. Clouse. Hardbound in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Flying Dolphin Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color drawings by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, b&w illustrations by Gail Owens. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. John and his family prepare for and experience a hurricane on the East Coast.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Z. Walck, 1st US, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color, b&w illustrations by Ardizzone. Ex-library copy with stamping, residue to end papers. Dust jacket with small spine sticker.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 28 pages with color woodcuts by David Frampton. Through lilting poetic prose and glowing woodcuts, Kuskin and Frampton present a hommage to the holy city of Jerusalem, home of the three major religions. Four thousand years of the city's history are described, beginning with King David's conquest over Goliath, continuing through the Six Day War. In spite of all the battles, burnings, and rebuildings, the city stands majestically "shining still.'' It is to Kuskin's credit that she describes the city's 4000-year history in such a brief form, while still conveying a personal sense of the place. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. Full color illustrations by Don Freeman. Tan cloth. Dust jacket with tape repaired chipping at top of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate soil to red cover boards with faded gilt decoration on front and spine. Front hinge starting to crack and tear. Fragile. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on front end paper. Illustrated by Grace Norcross and Albert W. Force.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial yellow boards. Color illustrations by Lee Lorenz. Sylvester Bear desperately wants to escape his wife's snoring but soon realizes it is truly music to his ears. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 24 pages. B&W pictures by Elizabeth Bridgeman. INSCRIBED BY BRIDGEMAN on front fly leaf. Some light soil to dust jacket, spine sunned.

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. NY, MDC Books/Hyperion, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Based on the 1938 Czech opera by Adolf Hoffmeister and Hans Krasa, retold by award-winning playwright Tony Kushner with color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 48 pages. The classic fairy tale retold here with Goreys two-color illustrations throughout. Clean copy

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages, hardcover. Retold and pictured by Margaret Evans Price. Decorated blue boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Light soiling/age toning to front panel. Bumping to corners, light fraying to lower fore edge corner. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf in pencil. Illustrated endpapers. Light fading and age toning to prelim pages. A tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Anne Shwartz/Atheneum, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 18 silly poems with full color illustrations done as collages by Kroninger. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. A poem in celebration of the special love between parents and their children around the world. Pictures adapted from Faith Hubley's awqrd-winning film Step By Step. Clean copy.

New York , Harcourt, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color illustrated by Jon Goodell. SIGNED BY GOODELL.

Hardcover. Scarsdale, NY, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.A Hungarian folktale translated by Severo. Color illustrations by Diane Goode. Dust jacket with light edgewear

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in green cloth with full color paste-down on front cover. 10" x 12", former owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise unmarked. Vivid color illustrations throughout along with b&w drawings by Eulalie, Lois Lenski and others.. Contains nine traditional stories: Little Red Riding Hood, The Story of Peter Pan, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Bears, Puss in Boots, Tom Thumb and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardbound. Dust jacket. Color illustrations by Yoshida. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Sauber.

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gibbons and SIGNED BY GIBBONS on prelim page. Simple language and bold illustrations make this a fun and informative book about the sun.

Hardcover. Chicago, Children's Press, 1st , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lillian Owens. Ex-school library, but only one stamp, light notation, otherwise very good. Light abrasions on cover with white residue on rear cover.

Hardcover. New York , Lothrop Lee & Shepherd Books, 1st , 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by June Amos Grammer. Bookseller stamp on back cover. Very clean.

Hardcover. Mankato, Creative Education Inc., 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Full color illustrations by Roberto Innocenti. Dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Richard Egielski. Small closed tear and scratches to rear dust jacket cover. Light creasing to front flap. Nice, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Winner, beautifully illustrated by author. Very clean and tight copy. Complete number line with "1". No award sticker on jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice color illustrations by Goode. Stories compiled by Ann Durell. Great condition, clean and new-looking. Hardcover, no dust jacket.

New York, Viking, 2nd PR., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR COONEY ON TITLE PAGE. A Caldecott Medal winner with sticker on front panel. 35 pages. Color illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Dust jacket has a few very small tears.

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Color illustrations by Mary Grand Pre. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, Illustrated in color by French. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

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. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, HardcoverColor illustrations by Martha Alexander. Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear.

Hardcover. London, Walker Books Ltd, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Taro Miura throughout. Some soil to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice black & white illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Excellent condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 80 pages illust. in color and black & white by Hope Dunlap. Red cloth spine with illust. cardboard covers. F-20 code suggests 1920 printing. Smudges to rear panel. Light edgewear to covers, previous owner's bookplate otherwise nice.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Burchard. Dust jacket shows some wear and chipping at edges, price-clipped. Hardbound.