Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A wonderful version of this classic Christmas song illustrated by award-winning artist Plume. Renaissance & illuminated manuscripts were the inspiration for the colorful art. On each day a beautiful, shy, young noblewoman receives a gift from her handsome Romeo. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has Caldecott emblem sticker on front. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black and white drawings illustrated by Van Allsburg. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A human being and a wild animal make a special connection that changes both of their lives. So it was with Rockport, Maine's Harry Goodridge and the harbor seal pup he named Andre. The two became inseparable, though the seal was free to come and go as he pleased. (His floating enclosure in the harbor simply minimized his presence in skiffs owned by yachtsmen, who complained about his sunbathing in their dinghies.) Lovely color plates by Yetti Frenkel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Tight and bright copy with only light edgewear to dust jackets and covers.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in decorated cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Mahood. Enjoying the last few days of summer,The Emperor of Japan was about to eat his morning egg when suddenly out jumped a little smiling dragon. He seemed very friendly, so the Emperor decided to call him Hojo and keep him as the Imperial Pet. Hojo soon became a great favorite with everyone by making himself useful around the palace. He made delicious soups, had a very light hand with pastry, and the Emperor loved his pancakes. In addition he was always gay and cheerful, could sing, play chess, enjoy a joke, and his hot breath kept the palace warm, which was a great comfort to the Emperor who suffered from cold feet. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Windmill Books, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Library edition with usual markings. Light edgewear to cover boards. Library stickers on dust jacket. Illustrated by Lee Lorenz.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages. Color art by Schulz. The story of "an all-star baseball team and its conscientious but misunderstood manager-pitcher, Charlie Brown. " The book was the basis of the second prime-time animated TV specials based on the Peanuts comic strip. C;ean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with a color paste-down on cover, 263 pages, A collection of 35 Native American animal folklore tales. Wood-lore (or, the ways of wild things) are told in an engaging format - a wise old chief holds evening "story-time" sessions with his very curious grandson, Little Beaver. Running through the linked narrative is the little black bear Moween, of whom Little Beaver is particularly fond. Illustrated with 8 color plates, a color title page and an endpapers drawing by Paul Bransom. Light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 5th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glazed boards with a die-cut cover. Tails are irresistible to toddlers -- though most are beyond the reach of small hands. But now there's reason for tail fans everywhere to rejoice: a colorful collection of tails created just for those eager toddlers to tug, pat, and even scratch and sniff! Matthew Van Fleet's lovable menagerie features furry tails, spiny tails, shiny tails, and tails that wag -- all designed to inspire and withstand hours of interactive play. While pulling tabs and opening gatefolds, those tail tuggers can also learn to count from one to ten. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color art by Jon Muth. Here is the rare book that not only expresses a parent's love for their child, but offers a hope for what that love will become. It begins with a wish at bedtime, as parents hold their children tight and hope their love will cradle them, safe and sound. It continues through the day their children have grown up, proud and strong, and can pass that love on to someone else. This is a book that goes beyond a parent's "I love you" to the generous wish that our children will make the world a better place. A gentle, poetic text is illustrated in soft gouache-and-watercolor washes that depict scenes in the life of a boy from infancy, when his mother and father hold him close, to adulthood, when he is a parent himself. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. An exuberant introduction to the wonders of our country shows Izzy and her little sister Jo rowing down the Mississippi, eating pies at the Kentucky State Fair, marveling at Niagara Falls and the California sequoias, and much more.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 12th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped dust jacket with Caldecott sticker, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of Madeline in water with her dog. Brightly printed enpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. Madeline is saved from drowning by a dog who then returns with the girls and Miss Clavel. Wouldn't you know it, the dog will need the help of Madeline and her friends very soon after. Awarded the Caldecott Medal for 1954. No markings.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st illust. thus, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with color illustration on cover label, 274 pages. Two-color and b&w illustrations by Robert Lawson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lane and SIGNED BY LANE. From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light beige cloth with blue lettering on spine and drawing on front cover, 96 pages illustrated in color and b&w by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color illustrations by Browne. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf/Ariel, 2nd pr., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 87 pages illustrated in color by Atkinson.

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rhinehart, Winston, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with laminated boards. Clean, tight copy with bright illustrtaions by author. Light soil on front bottom cover.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 38 pages illustrated in color by the author. A young girl keeps a journal about the people and events in her life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps, paste downs and markings. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, BC Ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Kellogg, In this charming picture book, a little boy tries to think of all sorts of methods that would help him grow bigger than his bossy older brother. A Book Club Edition. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Edward Gorey. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 4th pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Sweetness was determined not to go back to scrubbing the orphanage floor with a toothbrush, so ran away to the desert, foiled an outlaw, and found a Pa (the sheriff) for herself and the other seven orphans. Interesting pictures in gouache, acrylic, and pencil by Karas. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 59 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Stories adapted by Van Dyke Parks.

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 4th pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Sweetness was determined not to go back to scrubbing the orphanage floor with a toothbrush, so ran away to the desert, foiled an outlaw, and found a Pa (the sheriff) for herself and the other seven orphans. Interesting pictures in gouache, acrylic, and pencil by Karas. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Abingdon Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in 2-colors by the author. Clean, tight copy. Sticker on dust jacket. Light fraying to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Kestrel / Viking, 1st thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Six pop-up scenes unfold to show children visiting the elephants, lions, tigers, fishes, monkeys, and bears, during a day at the zoo. This is a 1980 reproduction of an antique book originally published in 1890 by J. F. Schrieber of Esslingen, Germany. It unfolds into one long panorama, showing different animals in their zoo cages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Color pictures by Chwast. Features large fold-out illustration of the traffic jam. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Handsome woodcuts are the highlight of this rhyming story about the boomtown of Rhyolite, which sprang up almost overnight in 1904 after two men discovered gold in southwestern Nevada. The population quickly reached 10,000, then dwindled to almost nothing in a few years, following a financial panic. Frampton's woodcuts, more intricate than much of his previous work, suit the historical tale with their rustic feeling and glowing palette of oranges, browns, and golds. Small school stamp to bottom of title page, otherwise bright and clean.

Hardcover. New York, Longman's Green and Co, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate soil on covers and end papers. Illustrations by author.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket, 160 pages. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Richard Jackson Book/Antheneum Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated in color, acetate protective covering to dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations by Schwartz. Very slight rubbing to acetate covering, otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages crisp and unmarked, spine stiff and tight; a beautiful book in superb condition.

Hardcover. Boston , Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B&W woodcut illustration by Michael McCurdy. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Akron, OH, Saalfield, 1st thus, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w by Frances Brundage. A bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Cupples and Leon, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Richard Hudson. In the scarce dust jacket with mild soil, edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Schwartz & Wade Books, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Yumi Heo. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros , unknown, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated boards. Color, b&w Illustrations by Helene Guertik. Heavy wear to cardboard covers, mostly corners. Tender binding. Charming full page color lithographs (one double-spread), illustrated title page, plus two b&w drawings. As the sun rises on the Little French Farm, Francois, the farmer's son takes us around and introduces us to all the creatures on the farm.

Hardcover. New York, Barse and Hopkins, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 184 pages plus publisher's ads, 4 color plates and many b&w drawings by uncredited artist (but appears to be Campbell). Appears to be collected material from earlier books so copyright date make be earlier than published date. Bright blue cloth covers with red lettering, color illustration label on front. Previous owner's gift inscription in pencil on front fly leaf with 1927 date. A clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Rochester, NY, Stecher Lith Co, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with drawings throughout. Previous owner's watercolor paint residue on a few illustrations. Light musty odor. Light soil to wrappers.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 24 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. illustrated in color, black & white. Dust jacket with chipping, wear along spine but very attractive.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages, illustrated with color and b&w lithographs by Gannett. Red cloth spine faded, edges of cardboard covers show wear, light chipping to paper. Book is shaken, but solid with bright colors to covers, internally clean. Top and boom of spine bumped,frayed.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Hardcover with cloth covers. Moderate soil to covers. Internally clean except previous owner's name and bookplate near front. Light foxing to end papers.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 7th pr, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Multi-color woodcut illustrations by Brown. Nice copy of her Caldecott Book. Medal sticker on dj, price clipped, spine chipped top & bottom.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (64 pages), illustrated with 6 color plates and many other b&w drawings by Chloe Preston (not credited). Color pictorial boards, end paper drawing. Clean, minor wear at corners, top and bottom of spine.

Softcover. Aakron, OH, Saalfield, 1st Edition, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Softcover, textured pages. Vivid, full-color illustrations. Some chipping to wrapper at spine and crease to top right corner of front cover and top left corner of back cover. Some light tanning to covers and pages from age. Staple bound. Adorable childrens book with sheet music included in illustrations.

Hardcover. New York , Crowell, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated with color paintings by Wendell Minor and SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MINOR on front fly leaf. Dust jacket has some light sunning to front edge, clipped.

Hardcover. Newark NJ, Charles E, Graham, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Gilt letters with mild fading on purple, ribbed cloth. The front board has a color pastedown illustration. 87 pages; color illustrations by C.M. Burd, 12 of the rhymes have music arranged by Joseph Knecht and color plates. B&w illustrations by Grace Irwin. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, bookplate on prelim page.

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.