Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by the author. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Helquist and SIGNED BY HELQUIST on front fly leaf. Like new a dust jacket. Roger is too jolly to be a pirate. He does not scowl, growl, or strike fear into sailors' hearts like his pirate friends. So poor Roger is sent away whenever there is any real pirating to be done. Then one day, in the middle of a great battle, Jolly Roger cooks up a wonderful idea . . . and pirate ships will never be the same again!

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Kirk who spins out an extraterrestrial version of the familiar lullaby, featuring a four-armed father promising his banana-colored little one, among other prizes, a shooting star, an astronaut (against the astronaut's wishes, it appears), a laser rifle, tools to build a spaceship and, finally, a good-night kiss. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR WITH DRAWING OF AN AX OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. Light shelfwear to covers/dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Yezerski. Asa's father is a canal boat captain, a man who moves goods and cargo on a barge pulled by mules. In this gentle story, nine-year-old Asa gets to come along for the first time because his father's mule driver has quit. Their trip is a learning experience for Asa, who helps care for the mules and steers them along the path, visiting with familiar faces along the way.Clean copy

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards. Color illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky. First published in 1949, this appears to be a 70s reprint, code letters inside rear cover stop at J. A big elephant leaves the circus, builds a house, helps the townspeople, and finds happiness. Clean copy.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Reynold Ruffins. No dust jacket. From Angola to Zanzibar, this treasury is as varied and bountiful as Africa itself! Master storyteller Verna Aardema retells 12 tales of justice and revenge, greed and generosity, sly trickery, and off-the-wall silliness with her trademark humor and flair. Nearly 50 illustrations vibrantly reflect the spirit of these read-aloud delights, while a map of Africa, story source information, and a personal note from the author make this a rich volume for folk-tale lovers of all ages.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrations by Janosch. Illustrated cloth covers. Clean, bright copy lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. (60 cents on flap). Color and two-color illustrations throughout by the Petershams.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Woodstock, Vermont, Jewish Lights Publishing, 1st, 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR TO TITLE PAGE. Covers and dust jacket color illustrated, large, beautiful color illustration by Phoebe Stone throughout. Covers, dust jacket and pages clean, crisp and tight, spine stiff and tight, no signs of wear: a lovely children's book in excellent condition.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages, color illustrations by the author. Library edition.

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. 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. NY, Dial, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Like new.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2nd printing, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE ON FRONT ENDPAPER SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Clean, bright 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.

Hardcover. New York, Orchard Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 26 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1st Thus, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Hardcover. 1925 date is estimate. Full color and black & white illustrations by Anne Anderson. Red cloth with full color paste down illustration on front cover. Endpapers with Illustrations in red. Foxing to preliminary/dedication page. Light foxing to page 73. Light rubbing to cover corners, top/bottom of spine. Three small spots on back cover. Hinges intact but tender. Overall very good.

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.

Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers wth color label, 240 pages. Black & white illustrations by W. W. Clarke. Discontinued written on front fly leaf.Cover has light wear to corners and spine edge. Tape mark on spine edge.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 3rd Printing, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ELIZABETH COATSWORTH AT BOTTOM OF FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations by Lynd Ward. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1931. Front cover with areas of foxing to cover hinge and along right edge - approximately 3/4" from top to bottom. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

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.

Hardcover. New York, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Unpaginated. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Moderate foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

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.

Hardcover. New York, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 96 pages. Color and black & white photography. Color illustrations. Book illustrators discuss their art w/examples throughout: Victoria Chess, Pat Cummings, Leo & Diane Dillon, Richard Egielski, Lois Ehlert, Lisa Campbell Ernst, Tom Feelings, Steven Kellogg, Jerry Pinkney, Amy Schwartz, Lane Smith, Chris Van Allsburg & David Wiesner. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, McCall Publishing, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Ronni Solbert. INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY AUTHOR JEAN MERRILL, ILLUSTRATOR RONNI SOLBERT, AND COMPOSER GWYNETH WALKER on front endpaper. Program from original performance laid-in. Price clipped dust jacket with a few tape repaired tears along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

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. NY , Jr. Literary Guild/Viking Press, Book Club, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers. B&W illustrations by Paul Lantz. Small ink #s on endpapers, some pages with light soil, lacks dust jacket, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Whittlesey House, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription in pencil on front endpaper. Full color illustrations by Donald McKay. Dust jacket with some chipping and paper loss along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight 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, Franklin Watts, 1st wraps, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrated by Robert Bartelt. Discard stamp to end papers, otherwise Very Good. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author and SIGNED BY DE BRUNHOFF on title page. Pull-out poster in rear.

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.

New York, Abrams, 1st U.S., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Retold and illustrated in color by the authors, with SIGNED BOOK PLATE BY BOTH LAID-IN. Tight copy.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by Giselle Potter, very clean, tight copy, like new. Quentin Fenton Herter Third always does exactly what he should, from closing his mouth when he chews to putting away his toys. But Quentin Fenton has an awfully naughty shadow, who calls himself Quentin Fenton Herter Three. Three interrupts, stays up late, and never flosses. How do these two feel about each other? "They loathed each other cordially,/ did Quentin Third and Quentin Three." Strangely enough, though, they also envy each other "--a bit." And when good little Third has the opportunity to be bad one day, guess who steps in to take his place as a perfect gentleman?Amy MacDonald's clever rhymes are nicely complemented by Giselle Potter's unusual, naive-style illustrations.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with white titles. 146 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. Fading to cloth spine, name on front endpapers, otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Review slip laid-in. Color illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. English translation by Geraldine McCaughrean. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co., reprint, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 43 pages with color illustrations by Mary B. Robinson. Cover illustrations same as dust jacket -- both very clean but slightly yellowed. Dust jacket edge worn, overall very clean. Early printing with 1959 date on rear page. Book originally published in 1940's. It was a lovely morning in the village of Much Cheese. Timothy Twitter ought to have been the happiest mouse in the village, but he wasn't.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, reprint, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in rust tweed binding, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket with tear to fore-edge. Reprint edition, "printed in large, easy-to-read type." B&w illustrations by Harrison Cady. Spine faded.

Hardcover. New York , Random House, Early edition, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in red, blue & black by Seuss. Beginner Book. No price on front flap, unclipped. Rear flap with reviews of Cat in the Hat. Back panel lists other Beginner Books, ending with: Are You My Mother? Clean, beautiful copy.

Hardcover. New York, Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH KATE AND JIM MCMULLAN ON TITLE PAGE. Pictorial covers, 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. New York , Philomel, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginatd. Hardcover with dust jacekt. Color illustrations by Thomas Locker. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated in color, beautiful full page color illustrations by Diane Goode. Covers, dust jacket and pages crisp, clean and unmarked, spine stiff and tight; a beautiful children's book in great condition.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman and Co , 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown boards with a large color label on the front cover. Translated from the German of Elizabeth Morgenstern. Lovely color plates by Marigard Bantzer. Mild soil to covers, inside bright and clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st , 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 111 pages. Color, B&W illustrations by Keith Ward. Light gray cloth with bright color label illustration. clean, tight.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Book Club Ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 44 pages. Laminate dust jackets illustrated to appear as classic b&w composition notebook, blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, mylar protective covering, lovely b&w illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Price-clipped, previous owner's short ink inscription to front endpaper, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a lovely children's book.