Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red illustrated boards, no dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. Rubbing and edgewear to boards, corners worn, especially top of spine., though book binding is not affected, pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Early printing, mid-50s, 16 titles on rear cover starting with Yertle the Turtle. This is the tall 12x9 retail edition; not the smaller book club edition. Copyright page has the Redbook reference that was removed in the bookclub editions. This copy has the original illustration of 2 Seuss characters with a black complexion from the fictional African island of Yerka; which has since become objectionable; also stereotypical drawings of Asian characters.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering, color label on front. Color and b&w illustrations by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1ST, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. A young boy named Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! Luckily, Bobby can go to his favorite spot in the park on weekends to play. Until one day... he finds his teacher there! Over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem. Each page is filled with "monstrous" details that will have kids reading the story again and again. Peter Brown takes a universal and timeless theme, and adds his own humorous spin to create another winner of a picture book.

Hardcover. New York, Ginee Seo Books/Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BARYSHNIKOV AND RADUNSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Glossy dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, beautiful full page color illustrations by Vladimir Radunsky. No wear to book or dust jacket; a gorgeous children's book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Untie the ribbon of this stunning book to unfold a decorative panorama of animals preparing to celebrate Christmas. Tiny windows scattered throughout a decorative gift book, reminiscent of an advent calendar, hide the surprises awaiting young readers on Christmas, while the pages show friendly forest animals decking the halls and a rhyming text describes the magical celebration. Clean copy.

Softcover. New York , Neugebauer/North-South, 4th Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, color illustrations, text in German and English. SIGNED BY ZWERGER on half title page. Softcover with an acetate dust jacket.

Hardcover. Owings Mills, Maryland, Stemmer House Publishers, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 87 pages. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. Minor edgewear to cover. Chipping, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. First edition of Dahl's rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. The author wrote The Gremlins, a children's story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore. Disney expressed an interest in making it into an animated film. The author went to California to work on a screenplay that never made it into production. The book was produced from preliminary work done by the Disney artists. A nice copy with light rubbing to covers, mild foxing, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. US, Piggy Toes Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, tight copy. In this technical tour de force, father and daughter combine origami-style figures and intricate pop-up effects into six spreads and a double gatefold of paper magic. The art evokes common materials, from a whirl of newspaper doves or passport pages made into sailboats to legal-pad-paper ducks swimming in a desktop "pond" of spilled coffee and, for a spectacular finish, an array of Chinese take-out menus and cartons falling prey to a hungry dragon's attack. The figures are mostly made of precut and glued pieces, but many of the beaks and noses, at least, are actually folded.

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with red decoration, 159 pages. B&w pictures by Fritz Eichenberg. Scarce. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Light spotting and warping to cloth covers, faint soil to edges. Internally very good.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in color by the author. SIGNED BY MCPHAIL opposite half-title page. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A boy learns to read and becomes immersed in the adventures described on the pages of his books.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover,no dust jacket. Light edgewear to corners, and edges. Light age soiling on text block. Vivid color illustrations by Warren Chappell. Based on the famous ballet about a remarkably lifelike doll.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Animals gently angle to have a new baby named after themselves in this sweet picture book by Lizi Boyd, whose previous work was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. "A name is a sound that follows you around. I'm listening for one," says Mother Mouse. Holding her new baby close, she fields suggestions from Sadie Snail, Kiki Cat, Merle Squirrel, and a host of other animals (many of whom would like to see the new baby named after themselves!). One by one, the animals suggest names for baby that would personally honor themselves. Lyrical text filled with wordplay will charm soon-to-be parents and soon-to-be older siblings alike. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in color by Burkert, folding poster laid in. Very good in a bright dust jacket. Traveling players act out a folk play about twin brothers separated at birth, one raised by King Pepin and the other by a bear.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in colors by Leonard Weisgard. Ex-lib but internally clean with light residue and markings to endpapers.

Hardcover. New York , Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in abright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MCCLINTOCK. A delightful picture book loosely based upon the Charles Dickens story The Magic Fishbone.When Molly's fairy godmother tells her that she will find a magic fishbone that will grant her but one wish, all her brothers and sisters want to know what Molly will wish for. There are many things Molly would like, and so many ways in which a wish would come in handy, but she decides to wait until she knows exactly what she wants.Enchanting, old-fashioned illustrations depict a wondrous nineteenth-century London alive with elegantly clad cats, pigs, goats, birds, and other two- and four-legged creatures in Barbara McClintock's delightful reminder that patience and practicality are rewarded.

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Lerner Publications, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by the author. How a small boy climbs the tallest tree and has to be rescued. Name stamped on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Light edgewear to covers.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY JEFFERS. A small board book. A new installment in this engaging series follows the lovable Westie dog named McDuff who in this holiday tale falls asleep while waiting for Santa to arrive on Christmas Eve only to be awakened by a loud thump and a new arrival.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oversize glossy pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. A lovely reprint of this Babar title, first published in 1938. Bright, clean copy, no dust jacket. One of Jean de Brunhoff's five original Babar stories, Babar and His Children tells how the royal elephant and Queen Celeste await the birth of their first child... and discover to their surprise that they have three! The loyal townsfolk bring gifts, and the babies are named before being weighed by wise Dr. Capoulosse (he of the stern expression and pince-nez). Then it's time for young Flora, Pom, and Alexander to get into a series of scrapes and be saved by the bravery and good sense of either their parents or other animals.

Hardcover. New York , Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages with color illustrations. SIGNED by illustrator. Oops! follows a family through the streets of Paris as they try to get to the airport for their vacation. Back at their apartment, their house-sitting aunt slips on some soap, setting off a chain reaction of events that create some extreme roadblocks for the family's trip. A movie shoot, a parade, policemen, rampaging bears, aliens, and much more collide in this remarkable new picture book adventure. The book includes a gatefold page at the end that explains in detail the train of chaos on the previous pages.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, Book Club, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 60 pages illustrated in 3-colors. A Parisian birdseller's pet turtle Rosalie goes missing, and Gaston the talking blackbird must help find her. Weekly Reader Edition. Clean, bright copy.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in b&w by Rachel Isadora. Two folktales, one from Ireland and one from Cornwall, about Tom and his encounters with a leprechaun and piskies, which convince him that they are real. "The visual balance of text and illustration completes the elegance of the book." --Booklist. Reissue of a title first published in 1979. Clean and bright.

Hardcover. New York , Scholastic, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 400 pages. SIGNED BY 12 ILLUSTRATORS plus editor, in book and on bookplate. More than 140 folktales, folk songs, poems, and essays, placed in historical context are brought together with over 300 original illustrations from 11 Caldecott Medal and 4 Caldecott Honor book artists.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ruth Sanderson. Three princes go on a quest to the Heart of the World to save their drought-ravaged kingdom.. 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. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, color illustrations throghout. A small children's storybook featuring Bugs Bunny and Porky and Petunia Pig. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins Publishers, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Small hardcover with dust jacket. Color and black and white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. SIGNED BY SENDAK. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with mild soil, corner wear. Color illustrations by ROFry. When a new little pony learns to say "Boo", he wants to tell everyone but he upsets them. They positively forbid him to say boo anymore! Main character looks like a super shaggy bay Exmoor or Dartmoor pony.

Hardcover. New York, Enchanted Lion Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations throughout by Yoohee Yoon. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY/London, Frederick Warne, 2nd Ed., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Small hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The original of this story was written by Beatrice Potter in 1907 but never illustrated by her. This Second Edition features the first appearance of the lovely color plates by Marie Angel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Frances Lincoln Children's Bks, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards. Color and Black and white pictures throughout by Blake.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Foreword by Herman W. Liebert. First publication of a manuscript illustrated ABC by Edward Lear. Letters in red and blue, art in black. Orange cloth with black lettering. Mild chipping to dj spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrations by Thereza Rowe. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Full page color illustrations throughout. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, New York Review Of Books , reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format in pictorial boards. Peewee the dog doesn't know any tricks, 'not a single one not even how to roll over not even how to shake hands but never mind he is so teeny weeny that everybody loves him,' the clown, the fat lady, the thin man, the huge tall giant, the strong baby, the acrobats, the elephants, and all the other amazing performers in the wonderful circus of the man with the quite tall red hat. A classic picture book first published in the 1930s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout by Jon Agee.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with color pictorial label, 72 pages. A book for children about what it takes to be a Boy Scout. Encourages younger children to do good deeds and help others. Uses the example of the grandfather, a veteran of the Civil War. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Art not credited. Appears to be a reprint of a book printed in 1916. Page 37 with a quarter-size scar to paper over text, several pages with mild creases, name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 109 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. small dent on front cover bottom, otherwise tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with mild fading to dust jacket. Five poems by Langston Hughes and one anonymous one translated from the Spanish present the story of the first Christmas from different perspectives. Ashley Bryan has long been known for his interest in and illustration of African American spirituals and poetry. Here he puts his gifts of illustration to work in a way that seems to reflect his dedication to both. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on title page. Tight copy with light rubbing to rear dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 80 pages. Hardcover with lightly worn dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, Aldren A. Watson, on TITLE PAGE. Cover boards show moderate rubbing and edge wear, tight binding.

Hardcover. NY, Rand McNally , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color art by Stephen Conlin. With the turn of each page, the book's illustrations will grow to five feet. On one side of the book, peer into a cut away of Chicago's John Hancock Center. On the flip side, size up the world's tallest structures, from Ulm Cathedral spire to the CN Tower, all drawn to scale. Climb to the top as the story of skyscrapers unfolds in this unforgettable book.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, 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. London, Frederick Warne & Co., reprint, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format. Unpaginated. Illustrated boards, green cloth spine. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white by F. D. Bedford. Covers worn with mild soiling, tan stain to rear cover, edgewear. Reprint of a story which first appeared in "Holiday Romance" in 1868. This is the extraordinary story of a very nearly ordinary princess named Alicia. Given a magic fish-bone by a good fairy, Alicia can have whatever she wishes--provided she wishes for it at the right time. But it's never clear when the right time is, and sometimes the best magic is no magic at all.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. White cloth boards with bright Tibetan illustration to cover by Peter Sis. Translucent vellum dust jacket. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, pictorial boards, 54 pages illustrated in lovely watercolors by the Danish artist Johannes Larsen. Commemorating,the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen on April 2nd, 1805. Translated by R. P. Keigwin. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

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, Harper and Row, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated throughout by Hoff in color. Without publisher's zip code on copyright page, so an early printing. Name on blank prelim page otherwise clean. Not a book club.

Hardcover. NY, Feiwel & Friends , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 36 pages. SIGNED BY EGAN & YACCARINO with a sketch of a cat. Author Egan establishes a frantic pace on page one and never lets up, creating that morning whirlwind of activity and emotion that seems stressful while it's happening but just a part of life minutes after it's over. Yaccarino's flat, patterned gouache illustrations give the characters hilarious poker faces and, when appropriate, wide-open shocked mouths--both of which are necessary on a weekday.