Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers. 48 pages illustrated in color by Anne Rockwell. Minor wear to cover at edge of spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by New Yorker cartoonist George Booth. The other hens in Farmer Brown's Tennessee henhouse think that Starlight LaPoule - (hush! Her real name is Ethel Fae Klucksworth) - is short a few feathers. They may be right. For Starlight is a chicken with a ridiculous dream. She wants to become a high-fashion model in Paris or Milan. And with the surprise help of her very own chicken fairy godmother, anything is possible. Or is it? 

Hardcover. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A wild duck narrator looks at the past when the environment was bountiful, searches through today's polluted environment for a home, and encourages saving and restoring the environment for the future

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY KALMAN. From bestselling author Lemony Snicket and celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman comes an uproarious, whimsical word book like no other. Together, Snicket and Kalman present a strikingly beautiful journey woven from a practical introduction to thirteen wonderful words, featuring such marvels as Bird, Dog, Panache, and Haberdashery. Snicket, the notoriously clever and elusive New York Times bestselling author, pushes the boundaries of storytelling in the most fanciful of ways. Maira Kalman, renowned for her art and design, carries this madcap adventure to wondrous heights with her vision of a world populated with hats, song, and cake. This rollicking, surprising book is a true celebration of words.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY 11 ARTISTS on bookplate and book. More than forty acclaimed children's book authors and illustrators join together to create an anthology: stories, poems, essays, and pictures that celebrate Earth and call attention to environmental destruction, overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday and Company , reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. All 12 tales, 84 pages with 72 color illustrations throughout by Nicolas. No date but ISBN # suggests early 1970s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NP, Enchanted Lion Books, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 48 pages, a reprint of Flora's book published in 1957. Whimsical b&w drawings with color by the artist.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Childrens Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. When Peter Bruegel, a young painter from Antwerp, went on a journey to Rome in 1550 to study and see the art and ruins of Rome, he found himself facing unexpected dangers along the way that were later reflected in his work when he became known as the Northern Renaissance master. Color illustrations by Shafer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Atheneum, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Marc Rosenthal.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman and Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with pictorial label on front cover. 13 full page plates by James Cannon. Horses depicted include The Hunter, Sheltand Pony, Cowboy and Pinto, American Saddle Horse and Policeman; Circus Horse and Bareback rider.

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons , reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations throughout by Christian Robinson. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An anthology of poems, stories, folklore, songs and recipes on the theme of love, with delicate and charming full color illustrations on every page by Tudor. Oblong format. 93 pages. First issue with all the points including the error on page 90.

Softcover. New York , Abrams, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Eight colorful plates by Chwast to cut out, fold and assemble. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Presents instructions for making a menagerie of paper animals, from Apollo the dog to Lana Banana the monkey.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. What happens to the denizens of the tidal zone when the sea recedes every 12 hours? This is the question that Hodgkins answers in a playful yet instructive way. Children are introduced to crabs, sea urchins, mussels, sea worms, starfish, lobsters, periwinkles, and other creatures that must adapt to constantly changing conditions. Color illustrations by Jim Sollers.

Hardcover. London, Tate, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Sutcliffe.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a big picture of Kate in the snow blowing the whistle her grandfather had made for her. 32 pages, color illustrations by Winifred Bromhall. Copyright page states 1947 but this appears to be a reprint, ex-school library stamps. Front fly leaf gone. Still an attractive reading copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations throughout by Leo Dillon.

Softcover. NY, Dover, reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, The original edition faithfully reproduced with 120 two-color illustrations and 23 color plates, all by Denslow. Mild wear, soil to covers. Clean internally.

Hardcover. New York, Garden City Publishing, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 32 pages, color illustrations by Booth. Illustrated boards in an edge worn dust jacket with closed tears. Previous owner's markings on inside flap of dust jacket and front fly leaf.

Softcover. San Francisco, COLOR, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 173 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Color illustrations. Tight 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. NY, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth, 146 pages plus glossary. Illustrated in color and b&w by Constance Whittemore. Children's reader to introduce children to Switzerland through adventures with Anton and Trini. The World's Children Series. Clean, bright 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. Gardiner ME, Tilbury House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w by the author. As twelve-year-old Sarah prepares for the town's annual sailboat race, working on the boat her grandfather has given her and learning the secrets of navigation, readers are schooled in tacking, coming about, compass reading, and other maneuvers. Clean 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. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, bright pictorial cloth, b&w drawings throughout by author. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

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. NY, Random House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, 36 pages. The text is illustrated in Charles Schulz's inimitable style, showing Snoopy and Woodstock and the crew involved in various boating activities. 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, Little Simon, 2nd pr., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover board book with 5 colorful interactive spreads. Featuring brilliant hands-on lessons for curious readers who are preparing for Pre-K, this oversized busy book lets little ones discover, learn, and play with first concept surprises. Includes a memory game with simple shapes hidden under flaps and introduces colors, counting, clocks, and more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Calla/Dover, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration, 352 pages. A magnificent treasury of popular folklore, this rare, hardcover compilation offers a bounty of delightful illustrations by Charles Robinson -- there are black-and-white illustrations on every page as well as 16 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Little Tom Tucker" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" to "Good King Arthur" and "Shave a Pig." A facsimile reproduction of the 1903 edition.

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. New York, Scholastic Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 double-page color pop-ups, engineered by Reinhart, text by Yorinks, art by Sendak. Like new condition, no dust jacket issued. While looking for his mother in a haunted house, a little boy plays pranks on the monster inhabitants.

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. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. A deluxe facsimile of the rare first edition, featuring forty-two of John R. Neill's full-color plates and twenty-one two-color illustrations, as well as a colorful pictorial binding. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

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. Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Imagine the bravest, fiercest Norwegian warriors that ever lived, carrying a baby prince across blizzard-wracked mountains to save his life. Picture the babe's mother undergoing a cruel, brutal test to prove her son is indeed the bona fide prince of Norway. A fairy tale? No, this is a true story, based on the account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, about the Middle Ages' most powerful king during what are known as Norway's Golden Years. Norwegian-born author Lise Lunge-Larsen tells the story of this king's miraculous adventure in infancy, while woodcut artist Mary Azarian stunningly depicts the heroism of the birch-bark armored peasant warriors, the Birkebeiners. Mary Azarian was awarded the Caldecott Medal for her lovely woodcut illustrations in Snowflake Bentley. SIGNED BY AZARIAN.

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. Philadelphia, Altemus, 1st thus, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 62 pages, illustrated in color by Verbeck. Light edgewear to pictorial boards, previous owner's signature on front and rear endpapers. Internally neat and bright.

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. Akron, OH, Saalfield Publishing, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with light chipped laminated boards. Spine is loose, as are gutter but still intact. Light wear to pages. Fore edge and corners moderatly frayed. Still good condition. Text describing various dog breeds and 12 full page color plates by Thorne. Thorne is among the most highly regarded dog artists; this volume includes drawings of many different breeds: the Collie, German Shepherd Dog, English Setter, Cocker Spaniel "Husky", Boston Terrier, Irish Terrier, Great Dane, Sealyham terrier, Wire Haired Fox terrier, Cairn terrier and Airedale.

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. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Company, reprint, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 95 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has heavy chipping and wear. Small chunk missing from top, corners and bottom/top spine. Chipping to cover boards, light internal soil, gutter cracked on page 19.

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. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1928, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipping, tears and heavy wear to cover boards. Rear hinge separated with staples exposed. Previous owner's marking on preliminary pages.

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, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. Tight copy with little wear to dust jacket.

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, Viking Press, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chipping on dust jacket. Illustrated by Kate Seredy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Maurice Sendak, dust jacket spine faded, Clean, tight copy.