Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY/Tokyo, Weatherhill, 3rd pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Delightful illustrations depict the imaginative and illogical world of a fantasy circus where the musicians' instruments are matchsticks and kitchenware, and fierce lions turn into wooden toys.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st US, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large hardcover. SIGNED BY OPIE on front fly leaf. SIGNED BY WELLS on title-page. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Corners a bit bumped.

Grand Rapids MI, Eerdmans, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Hall. A native Alaskan folktale tells about a raven who punishes humans for destroying nature by blocking out the sun to make Earth cold and dark, but a woman finds a feather from the bird that may have the secret to saving the planet.

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w drawings by Tony Chen. Describes the characteristics and habits of birds found in the city, country, and zoo, and at the beach. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 72 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Oxenbury. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Tight copy.

NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Wendy Watson and INSCRIBED BY WATSON WITH A SKETCH OF A MOUSE on the half title page. Bright unclipped dust jacket, hardcover.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gregory Manchess. In a risky plan to free her kidnapped lover, Oonagh cleverly solves the evil pirate king's riddles, unites the princess Ethne with her lover, and invents sails. Clean copy.

Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. In a timeless Swahili tale, Leopard and Sungura the hare unknowingly build houses on the same hill, and they eventually meet, and one outwits the other. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Brookfield, Connecticut, Roaring Book Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY MACDONALD WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH TO GREEN PREVIEW PAGE. Color illustrated covers and dust jacket, acetate protective covering to dust jacket, beautiful full page color illustrations by MacDonald. No signs of wear, pages, dust jacket and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Barrons, 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color reproductions of Edmund Morin's 19th century Illustrations, very clean and tight copy. One of Perrault's most haunting fairy tales. Here, Josephine Poole's evocative new text accompanies the exquisite artwork of nineteenth-century French artist Edmund Morin, to make a captivating picture book for all ages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Cloth spine with pictorial boards. Black & white illustrations by Paul Flora. Light edgewear, chipping and soil to covers. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 33 pages. Full color illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats. Moisture darkening to cloth covers primarily along top edge to title, and along bottom edge Price clipped dust jacket shows light wear along edges and fading to spine. Interior clean, and bright.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket with 2.95 price on flap, blue cloth covers stamped in black with title and moose face on front. 40 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Seuss. Later issue, with the 7-line copyright notice. The story of a moose who was too hospitable for his own good told in humorous verse.

NY, Golden Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by the author. Step right up and see the dazzling displays and sensational sights of the brightest circus parade ever. From the golden calliope wagon to the proud pachyderms, each page of detailed delights will keep readers rapt. A treat for both young and old; no one will want to miss the clowns in cars and penguins in pools; ferocious felines and aerial artistry--everything that's marvelous and magical about the legendary big top! So get yourself some peanuts and cotton candy and settle in for the greatest parade on earth.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR WENDELL MINOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".

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.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY PRELUTSKY AND ZELINSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. Six further adventures of Pippa Mouse and her animal friends. Charming b&w drawings by Cyndy Szekeres. 55 pages, 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. 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. London, Frederick Warne & Co, 2nd Ed., Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in original cream glazed pictorial boards with olive green spine and corners. Color illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway. Page edges green, endpapers tanning. No date but circa 1912. Glossy paper over boards has soil amd bubbling, rubbing, hinges cracked. Inside pages very good, no markings.

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. 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.

NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 95 pages of fables, illustrated with appropriate prints from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's print collection, with b&w illustrations and red decorations. Dust jacket price-clipped, clean copy.

NY, Pippin Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color cartoon illustrations by the author. SIGNED BY LEE LORENZ on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, McDevitt-Wilson, Reprint, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Book rebound. Full color illustrations by F. D. Bedford. Poetry by E. V. Lucas. Book illustrates the lives and occupations of 24 laborers. Marking on some pages in pencil or ink. Light foxing, closed tears to some pages.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust thus, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover, gilt stamping to spine. Six color plates, title page design and 2-color endpapers art by Peter Hurd. 279 pages. Some fading tospine gilt, light shelf wear, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping and price sticker on rear. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 32 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Joanna Troughton. Slight darkening to page edges. Dust jacket with degree of darkening, light wear along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, Prentice-Hall , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 40 pages of riddles and jokes about sports illustrated with b&w cartoons by Stan Mack.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 159 pages. Black & white woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st thus, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Richard C. Jones. Introduction by Jan Morris. Afterword By Samuel J. Rogal.

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Menotti's own narrative version of his opera of the same name. The full color and b/w drawings are based on the set designs for the Metropolitan Opera's production. Photo of both author and illustrator appear on rear of jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Michael di Capua Books, unk, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 piece puzzle with a book of clues to help solve the mystery. As new in box in original shrink wrap. 16 3/8'' x 11 1/8''

Hudson, New York, Bell Pond Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by Locker, very clean, tight copy, like new.This illuminated story is set in America's first wilderness, the Kaaterskill Clove in Upstate New York, made famous by the Hudson River School of painters-many of whose pictures are reflected in this book. Thomas Locker's In Blue Mountains is a personal, deeply moving testament to the power of beauty and art to nurture our children's natural love of the world. Indeed, it can inspire childlike wonder in people of all ages.

Hardcover. NY, Veritas Press , 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a edgeworn dust jacket. Yellow endpapers with scattered buttons, in jacket identical to boards. Illustrated in color and b&w by Cay Ferry. The story of Mr. Pink, button manufacturer, who looks at modern conveniences with disdain, and that includes zippers! When the Copley's ask permission to build a house, then a garden, then a tennis court on the large factory roof, he begins to change. Nice Christmas pictures at the end of the book, with Mr. Pink arriving on the snowy roof for the celebration. Dust jacket with light chipping to spine, price-clipped. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Browne. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Lothrop Lee & Shepherd Books, 1st , 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by June Amos Grammer. Bookseller stamp on back cover. Very clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stated First Edition, with full number line present. As New, pages barely opened. Six double-page smashing animal pop-ups. A 3-1/2 foot folded poster at rear, in pristine condition.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated in color by McCULLY and SIGNED BY HER with a sketch. In the late 1800s, former slave and veterinarian Bill "Doc" Key realized that his new foal, Jim, was no ordinary horse. Believing in the power of kindness and patience, Doc taught Jim to spell, recognize the primary colors, and even make change from a cash register! Performing in shows across the country, Jim stunned audiences with his incredible skills. But when some people called Jim a fake, Doc set out to prove them wrong and to show the world that, thanks to the power of kindness and patience, Jim was truly a wonder horse. Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully's account of this fascinating, true story comes alive in her striking illustrations.

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY ZELINSKY on title page. Dust Devil received four starred reviews and was named a New York Times Notable Children's Book of the Year and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner. Children will be captivated by the beauty and exaggerated humor of Paul Zelinsky's American primitive-style paintings and the wit and energy of Anne Isaacs's unparalleled storytelling. Here is an original folktale starring an extraordinary gal who is as feisty as she is funny and as courageous as she is kind.