Children's Illustrated

NY, Sterling, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Acclaimed artist and naturalist Jim Arnosky has created a breathtaking and informative reference on the subject, filled with intricately drawn prints from creatures both wild and domestic, as well as large-scale paintings of the animals in their environment. Best of all, many of the tracks are true to size, so children can compare the trace left by a big-footed polar bear (whose paws act as snowshoes in its icy environment) with that of a small bird. Adding to the eye-catching illustrations are four awesome gatefolds that display paintings of a bobcat, wolf, deer and a variety of hoofed animals right next to their prints. And the featured menagerie includes bighorn sheep and goats, chipmunks and rabbits, grizzlies and brown bears, horses and burros, domestic cats and dogs and even slithering reptiles!

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 3rd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color photos by Larry Carrara. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Dust jacket price clipped. bump to top of spine.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers. Color illustrations by Lillian Hoban. Some light abrasions to cloth covers. Remainder mark on bottom. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, reprint, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Maroon cloth covers stamped in gilt. Handed down through the generations, the fables have been rewritten by Munro Leaf and illustrated with 2-color drawings by Robert Lawson. Clean copy.

New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 87 pages. Black & white and 3-color illustrations by author. Dust jacket has some small tears.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1sr, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Janet Chenery. Dust jacket with $1.95 price at top right corner of inside flap. Light foxing to front and rear endpapers, and some pages. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 27 pages Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Black & white illustrations by Michael McCurdy.

Hardcover. Newport, R.I., Sheer Bliss Communications, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, unpaginated, illustrated by Seymour Chwast, very clean, tight copy, like new except for slight soiling to back of dust jacket.

Chicago, M.A. Donahue & Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with black cloth spine. Color and b&w illustrations by Gruelle. Light corner wear to covers. Clean copy. First published by Volland in 1925, this is most likely a 1930s reprint.

New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dustjacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. Unpaginated. Skinny as a beanpole and tall for his age, an awkward young boy learns that Abraham Lincoln was called "gorilla, baboob, backwards hick." Yet along with big feet and big hands, Lincoln had a big heart and the great ability to keep a nation together. And what the boy learns as he studies Lincoln opens his mind to great possibilities for his own future.

New York, Clarion Books, 4th pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., 32 pages, illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully, very clean, tight copy, like new. From skiing in January, to surfing in July, to giving in December, two energetic piglets romp through the months of the year in this delightful calendar in verse.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Carlos Merida. Clean copy.

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY PUPPETEER PAUL VINCENT DAVIS (SUBJECT OF BOOK). Unpaginated. Black & white photography by Christopher G. Knight.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 72 pages. Green cloth with flowers and birds. Cover slightly faded, soiled. Front hinge torn cracked. Back end pages stained. previous owner's signature. Color frontispiece of beavers building a dam, b&w engravings in text.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Thomas Allen. A pioneer girl sees pieces of her life sewn into the quilts she, her sister and her mother make. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Levine, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Jean Claverie. Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY DAVID SHANNON ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. llustrated in color and b&w by Lauren Mills. Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper. 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, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue cloth covers with silver titles to spine, dust jacket completely illustrated in color, acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Slight rubbing to dust jacket with small brown marking to dust jacket at the right edge, otherwise covers and pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Judy Sierra's retellings are humorous, spirited, respectful of the stories' origins, and attuned to the needs of young listeners. She offers advice for the storyteller as well as source notes and a bibliography. Images and motifs from the traditional artwork or each country appear in Stefano Vitale's splendid illustrations. Eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes. Clean copy.

New York , Knopf, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. Fans of Poems of A. Nonny Mouse will rejoice in this effervescent sequel containing more than 50 wittily illustrated short verses. In an introductory letter, Ms. Mouse acknowledges that since the successful publication of her first volume, she's "been able to afford the occasional wedge of imported cheese" and "put away something for her old age." Along with traditional offerings, tongue twisters, limericks and four unlabeled poems by Prelutsky--identified as the editor of Ms. Mouse's scribblings--the book includes the familiar poem about infamous "Ooey Gooey," the worm who ends up squashed on a railroad track, and a subversive rendition of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" that concludes with "Throw your teacher overboard / And listen to her scream." Priceman's watercolors, like those she executed in Prelutsky's For Laughing Out Loud , are frolicsome and frisky, mischievously expressive.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY RAUL COLON ON TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Raul Colon. No wear to dust jacket or covers; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, reprint, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in rust tweed binding, worn and chipped dust jacket with closed tears. Reprint edition, "printed in large, easy-to-read type." B&w illustrations by Harrison Cady. Clean copy inside.

Hardcover. London/New York, Faber & Faaber, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Errol Le Cain. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. New York , Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oversized hardcover, color-illustrated laminated boards. Color pencil illustrations by author throughout. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clan and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Peter Bedrick, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Peter Dennis. 64 pages, clean copy.

New York , Crowell-Collier Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages. One-color illustrations by Ray Prohaska. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf, light paper peeling to top of spine.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap , reprint, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated boards. Non paginated. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers and flyleaves. Illustrated frontispiece. Spine cracked. Front fly leaf loose. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, illustrated in color by Enrico Arno. Here are the delightful adventures of a mouse who thinks he's a moose. It all begins one day when Farmer MacGuff--whose opinion everyone respects--calls the little creature a "wee moose." The mouse immediately goes in search of another animal just like himself. On the way he finally meets a real moose and sadly discovers that he's not a member of the same family. How his sadness turns to joy provides a happy ending to a happy story designed to keep children smiling. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. no place, Whitman, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non Paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Full color & one-color illustrations by Pettee. Previous owner's name on half-title page.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 2nd, 1966, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with heavy wear to dust jacket edges. Turnabout book where first side is country story and turn it over and the city story is in rear. dust jacket shows closed tears and small open rips. Illustrated by Ib Ohlsson.

Hardcover. London, John Lane, 1st thus, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with with 41 gold X's and 40 gilt butterflies stamped on the cover, no dust jacket, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges. With the date of 1900 on the title page, but with a John Lane Copyright 1899, The University Press U.S.A. on the CR page. With 18 Maxfield Parrish black & white plates. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. States First Edition on copyright page, but lowest number is 2.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st thus, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 176 pages, yellow pictorial cloth covers. A collection of 4 classic Seuss titles, color illustrations throughout. Covers soiled, worn edges and corners. Interior bright and clean.

Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap , 1st U.S., 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Brilliant color illustrations by H. Guertik. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Cardboard covers with light crease in covers.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket. Ex-lib with light stamping to endpapers. Illustrated in 3-colors by Flora. No First Edition statement on copyright page, no other printings stated.

Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Elmore is a porcupine desperate to make friends. But it is hard to seek closeness with others when you're covered with spikes that shoot off your back every so often. Elmore suffers rejection and heartbreak, but the goodness of his forest community ultimately shines through as the animals find a way to connect with this prickly bundle of love. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The most inventive and irresistible book of the year spans a mere 26 letters (don't they all!) and 112 pages. From an Astronaut who's afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, Once Upon an Alphabet is a creative tour de force from A through Z. Slyly funny in a way kids can't resist, and gorgeously illustrated in a way readers of all ages will pour over, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet in a way that will forever raise the bar. In Once Upon an Alphabet, #1 New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers has created a stunning collection of words and artwork that is a story book, alphabet book, and gorgeously designed art book all in one.

Softcover. Paris, Des Deux Coqs D'or , 1st thus, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 12 pages stapled, illustrated in color by Richard Scarry. A French language edition (edited) of My Little Golden Book of Manners published in the U.S. in 1962. Clean copy.

Hardcover. US, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Could it be true that mice are...nice? That's certainly what the cat thinks in this after-dark romp just perfect for young children. Featuring whimsical, comforting poetry and vibrant collage illustrations from Caldecott Honor medalist Lois Ehlert, this engaging story puts a fresh spin on the classic cat-and-mouse dynamic.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd pr, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Van Allsburg. Copyright page has the lowest number as 3, a third printing of this classic. Dust jacket has a $15.95 price, with no Caldecott Medal. The Caldecott Medal winner that inspired the animated film featuring Tom Hanks. Dust jacket protected in acetate wrapper. Clean copy.

Hardcover. MA, Candlewick Press, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrations by Juan Wijngaard. Pop-ups in excellent condition. Plays are meant to be seen, and this interactive book features a fold-out model of the Globe Theatre in its heyday, complete with stage, galleries, thatched roof, and spectators ready for a performance. Selected punch-out characters from 12 of Shakespeare's plays are included (and attached to a small cardboard handle to allow for easy manipulation), as are two removable scripts that include monologues and/or scenes in which the characters appear. The package also provides a booklet introducing the Wooden O and the state of the theatre in Elizabethan and Jacobean times as explained by Richard Burbage, leading actor of the King's Players. The well-constructed 10-inch model is made with a good-quality lightweight cardboard and is drawn to scale and filled with accurate architectural details.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A Knopf, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Nola Langer. Humorous tale told in rhyme by the noted poet. Library binding, NOT ex-library. Ownership stamp inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Marshall Cavendish , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. SIGNED by Spirin on half title page. Gennady Spirin's sumptuous paintings bring new life and spectacular beauty to this classic song, making it a gift to be treasured at Christmastime. An Illustrator's Note is included which addresses the song's origin and history.

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Alain (the pen name of Daniel Brustlein, painter, book illustrator, magazine illustrator, and cartoonist). Stamp to front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Dial Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Kellogg. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED WITH A SKETCH OF A SHARK on front fly leaf by Kellogg. The McTavishes, their seven children, and Granny McTavish take their old rattlebang of a car on a picnic up Mt. Fogg and have an exciting adventure.

Hardcover. Chicago, American Colortype Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 96 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Dorothy Wagstaff. 22 short stories of a stereotypical black boy done in the style of the time. Chipping and wear to paper on the covers, interior clean, solid binding.