Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, David McKay Co., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in b&w by Phillips. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co. , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR opposite title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 116 pages. The third book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan. Anna has done something terrible. She has given Caleb a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna says as she hands him her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. That is, before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn, and everything changes.

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. Philadelphia , David McKay, 1st US, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover.Torquoise cloth with gilt design, gilt dulled on spine. 30 color plates by Harold Copping. B&W frontispiece portrait of Dickens partially loose. Top edge gilt. Clean copy.

Hardcover. HY, Beginner Books/Random House, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 61 pages illustrated in color by P.D. Eastman. Originally published in 1962. A delightful ode to winter. Brrrrr--it snowed! From snowball fights and skiing to fort building and snowman-making, P. D. Eastman and Roy McKie's Snow will have young readers eager for the kind of fun only a wintry-white day can bring. 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. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1992, 69 pages. Gray boards bumped at bottom edge. Very good pictorial dust jacket. B&w engraved plates by Barry Moser.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers , 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Masha. Previous owner's inscriptions on half-title page. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket with chunks gone from spine edges, tape repaired tears, closed tears to corners.

Hardcover. New York, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED WITH 2 DRAWINGS BY ILLUSTRATOR STEVEN KELLOGG ON PRELIMINARY PAGE. Full color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Rear endpaper has 6" X 2.5" piece removed from bottom edge with scissors. Dust jacket with closed tear along spine, stain to title area, light wear to corners - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, color illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker. Amy watches as everyone leaves the house and as neighbors are busy in the street, but when Grandpa finally comes Amy goes out too. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages, color art by Eric Carle. With unused apron in vinyl case, as new issued at rear of book. The last page has a short 1/2" tear at top, small crease, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by David Wiesner. SIGNED BY WILLARD. Light edgewear to dust jacket, dust jacket price clipped, remainder ink dot to top edge.

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. London, Oxford, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Nice color illustrations by Hodges. Dust jacket shows minor wear, mostly clean. Hardbound.

Hardcover. London, Frances Lincoln Children's Bks, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Some wear and light bumping to corners, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 315 pages. B&w drawings by Erna Pinner. Appears to be a 1950s reprint of the 1939 title. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 48 pages. INSCRIBED BY DAUER on front end paper. Two-tone illustrations by Ib Ohlsson. Light rubbing to spine, corners. Dust jacket with edgewear, light soiling, heavy fading.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Book Club edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Translated from Yiddish by author and Elizabeth Shub. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely large, full-color illustrations by Margot Zemach. A retelling of a classic tale pits Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, against Shlimazel, the wicked spirit of bad luck, in a confrontation that enables a poor but honest lad to win and marry a king's daughter. Rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, foxing to covers, especially at edges, pages clean, crisp and unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth covers stamped in black. The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for over ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of the little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain. Illustrated in color by George and Doris Hauman. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated by the author throughout, minor dust jacket edge wear, else, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co., reprint, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth with yellow titles and cover illustration, 288 pages. Thorkel and Helga and their family are in difficult times in late Viking times of old Norway, but work out a plan for a trading voyage to the London Fair; their story touches all phases of Viking life. Illustrated with over 100 color block illustrations by Margaret Iannelli of Iannelli Studios.

Hardcover. Honolulu, Tongg Publishing, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with a color pictorial paste-down on the front cover. 48 pages, color illustrations by Cornelia MacIntyre Foley. True first edition of 1940 from original Hawaiian publisher (the 1952 reissue is often mistakenly identified as the first). A little Hawaiian girl explores the crater of Kilauea in search of the legendary Madame Pele the Fire Goddess; she meets a mysterious old woman living in The Green Cottage (Madame Pele herself??) who gives her a basket of flowers. Some discoloration to the maroon cloth on front, inscription on front endpaper, light bump to top corner.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Minor wear to dust jacket. Light rubbing to covers, fading to spine. Illustrations by Wendy Watson.

Hardcover. NY, Dominic Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards. When a jazz-loving kitten named Nicky meets a legendary trumpet player, he learns how to play jazz and word travels fast--soon all the top musicians hear about this jazz cat and want to play with him. This charming story is illustrated with photographs of Nicky with jazz greats Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones, Abbey Lincoln, and Gerry Mulligan as they meet and make friends. The colorful graphics and rhyming text--call and response conversation between Nicky and his new musician friends--reflect the humor, rhythm, and spirit of jazz itself. Nicky the Jazz Cat teaches children about the magic of jazz, the value of friends and mentors, and the power of imagination and originality. Children and adults alike will delight in his journey from curious jazz kitten to acclaimed jazz cat. This is the true first edition published 2 years before the poerHouse edition.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1st US, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated with color paintings by Bradley done in a primitive style similar to Grandma Moses. Ex-lib with some light stamping, bookplate on inside front cover.

Hardcover. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards, 6 amazing complex double page colored pop-ups, plus pop-up box inside upper cover, and 4 full page colored illustrations and brief text. Ben's mother's discarded washing machine box brings him face to face with dragons, a giant octopus and a whale, and takes him out into space. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth. When Whistle for Willie was first published in 1964, The New York Times wrote "Mr. Keats' illustrations boldly, colorfully capture the child, his city world. and the shimmering heat of a summer's day." Clean copy. A Children's Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine. 85 pages with full-page b&w illustrations throughout by Joe Servello. No markings.

Hardcover. London / NY, Nister / Dutton, Unknown, N.D., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 brilliant chromolith plates + 80 Black & white drawings. 3 color and gilt illustrated cover. All edges red. Small town library bookplate, envelope in rear. Previous owner's inscription dated 1897. Very Attractive Copy.

Hardcover. New York, Putnam, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.SIGNED BY MCCULLY opposite title-page.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder / HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 64 pages illustrated in color. Thirty favorite artists and writers celebrate one hundred years of Oz. Contributors include: Peter Glassman; Maurice Sendak; Janell Cannon; Tomie dePaola; Jerry Pinkney; Paul O. Zelinsky; Uri Shulevitz; Trina Schart Hyman; William Joyce; Richard Egielski; Diane Goode; Robin McKinley; Leo and Diane Dillon; Madeleine L'Engle; Mark Teague; Jules Feiffer; Ann M. Martin; Kinuko Y. Craft; Kay Chorao; Michael Foreman; Mark Beuhner; Natalie Babbitt; Peter Sis; Bruce Degen; Chris Van Allsburg; Michael Hague; Troy Howell; Richard Jesse Watson; Lloyd Alexander; Eric Carle. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st illus. thus, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover ith dust jacket. Color illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. San Diego, CA, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st , 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gay. Light soil, rubbing, edgewear to paper covered boards.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dunrea. Bracken Van Eyck, a simple farmer who helps anyone in need, assists a trow-wife in finding her lost baby and in return she rewards him with a hen that lays golden eggs.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gay. Library Edition (NOT ex-lib.). Dust jacket flap clipped. A cheerful story about a baby penguin and his arctic friends.

Hardcover. Honesdale, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR BARRY MOSER ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, clean, almost new-looking condition. Color illustrations by Donald Carrick. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 55 pages. Color illustrations. A nice reprint of the classical picture book published in the early 1900s. Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (1851-1913) was a French academic painter trained at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the 1890's, he began illustrating children's books. His masterpiece was "Joan of Arc" published in 1896 to great acclaim. The French art world understood that Boutet de Monvel had a created a new style of book illustration for children. His intricate style of flat images with water color detailing influenced children's book illustration for the next fifty years. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 4th pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Stories adapted by Van Dyke Parks. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. B/w illustrations by Walter Bobbett. Scarce. Brown pictorial cover with spine slightly cocked. Light edgewear to top and bottom spine, internally very good. A collection of stories told by natives on the East Coast of Africa. Translated from the Swahili by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Lewin. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dirk Zimmer. The monster family portrait on the cover sets the tone of comic exaggeration in this Ukrainian-Hutzul version of an age-old story. When a traveler is lost in the woods, the witch Three Eyes agrees to help him find his way back if he agrees to give her his most precious possession. Only when he gets home does he realize that he has bargained away his beloved daughter, Larissa.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Templar Books, 1st US, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in an elaborate cloth binding with embossing, gilt and a multi=colored design. This is a stunning book about a little paper boat on an adventure to see the ocean. The illustrations by Victoria Semykina are gorgeous. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, illustrated with b&w drawings by Trina Schart Hyman. Dust jacket with edgewear, short tears, price-clipped. Book is clean, very good.

Hardcover. New York, Seabury Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Clement Hurd. Dust jacket with darkening to spine, light wear to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. Previous owner's inscription title-page. Nice color illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Lovely, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.