Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Floris Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong glazed boards, color plates throughout by author. Christopher meets the spirit of September in the garden, and is introduced to all the harvest folk: the Gooseberry girls and boys, old man Black-Currant, the misses Plum and the proud Strawberries. First published in Sweden in 1920, this is the first English language edition. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Collins World, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ed Young. Dust jacket with light edgewear, closed tears.

Hardcover. New York , Macmillan, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages , illustrated in color by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Clean, bright copy. Probably a Book Club as the dust jacket has no price.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in 2-colors by Hilary Knight. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illusrations. by Ventura. Detailed full-color art and a lively text trace the evolution of human eating habits and culinary traditions from the Stone Age, through the age of exploration and the Industrial Revolution, to the present day. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Pretty soft green covers stamped center front with an unnoticeable flower design. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine is sunned at both ends. A wonderful story of seven brothers who each use their special magic powers to win the hand of Helena of Boozan Island for their King. Beautifully and elegantly illustrated.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce , 1st US, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards with a red cloth spine. 24 pages (printed on one side only), color Illustrations by Dette, printed in Sweden. Light stains to cardboard covers otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, Reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial cardboard covers. Originally published in 1958. Color illustrations by Bud Sagendorf.

Hardcover. Boston, Perry Mason & Co., 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600+ pages. This is a children's periodical, all issues for the year 1899, bound together in black-cloth, gilt, edgeworn boards. Many b&w engravings. Large format, 11.5x16". Total of 50 issues or around 12-16 pages each. A treasure trove of old advertising and graphic images from that era. Perfect for a graphic artist, or collector, interested in Victoriana.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st thus, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 64 pages. New Yorker cartoonist (and creator of the altogether ooky Addams Family characters) Charles Addams tampers with tradition to great effect in The Charles Addams Mother Goose, first published in 1967, and now reissued as a deluxe edition. While Ms. Goose's original nursery rhymes remain unchanged, Addams casts his spell on a selected few poems with new visual twists. A less wholesome, more anemic Mistress Mary has never been seen, and her bare-lightbulb-lit basement garden of mushrooms and heads of "pretty maids all in a row" is quite unsettling. Jack Sprat and his wife are, of course, cannibals. Nine-day-old porridge is disgusting... so naturally a witch is the porridge preparer, and goblins are the only ones who would like it "nine days old." Humpty Dumpty's story, on the other hand, feels a little cheerier than the original: rather than leaving the egg irreparably broken, the illustrator shows a dinosaur hatching! Tee Addams, Charles Addams's wife, writes an insightful introduction for this lovely, oversized edition, and the book closes with a scrapbook of family photos and pictures of Addams's earlier work. Kids familiar with Mother Goose's rhymes will be delighted (and perhaps only slightly terrified) by Addams's playful interpretations.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Beisner. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Intriguing illustrations highlight this collection of visual and verbal puzzles, with cats providing the center of focus. Riddles and rhymes lead readers from page to page, challenging children's perceptions as well as their imaginations. Some spreads involve spotting differences; others ask viewers to find identical matches. The most captivating pages ask readers to find feline shapes amid landscapes or hidden among the branches of a bare tree.

Hardcover. New York , Roy Publishers, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 222 pages, b&w illustrations by C. Walter Hodges.In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Saxonville MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards with a black cloth spine. Color illustrations by Eve Tharlet, translation by Athena Bell. Children will be charmed by Bell's translation of the tale about the tailor who advertised his prowess by embroidering a sash proclaiming "Seven at a Blow." The narrative respects the original story; the text is not diluted, and it is lengthy. Vocabulary such as courtiers, contemptuously, and desperate adds to the vitality of the story. The settings and clothing in Tharlet's detailed and appropriate soft-toned watercolor washes suggest the Middle Ages.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-colors by Bright. Ex-lib with light stamps, residue to rear paste-down. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Julian Messner, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated green boards, 16 pages, Illustrated by Sally Tate. Printed in brown and red on green paper. Green paper over boards printed in brown and red and with fuzz on the bear, both upper and lower boards. Decorated endpapers, also with fuzz on the bears. The illustrations feature the bear on every other page, each depiction of him with brown fuzz. Light soiling to covers and the paper is starting to peel at top of spine, top corner worn.

Hardcover. NY`, E P Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Symeon Shimin. A young boy living on the island of Bimini tries to make a trap to catch the rare wentletrap. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white illustrations by Bettina Ehrlich. Excellent condition. Illust. cardboard covers with black cloth spine. Lacking dust jacket.

Hardcover. Springfield, McLoughlin Brothers, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in red and dark green. 128 pages, color frontispiece, b&w drawings. No date, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf dated 1924. In the scarce dust jacket, light tan illustrated with 3-color design featuring two brownies, light edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, illustrated boards, in a fair dust jacket with chipping, closed tears. Original $1 price still on front flap. Previous owner's inscription on half title page otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st illus. thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Dust jacket with light edgewear, short closed tears.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st Am, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 28 pages, color illustrations by the author. A very clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Clean. Andre, one of the finest chefs in the country, is honored by the Emperor's gift of a magnificently tall hat, until he finds out how many problems it causes in his life.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by David A. Johnson. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New Milford, Conn., Roaring Brook Press, 2nd Printing, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated throughout by the author, clean, tight and bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Beautiful color illustrations by Ruth Heller. Clean. This is an enchanting and magical variant of the favorite fairy tale. Publishers Weekly noted that "the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but unobtrusive incorporation of Korean words." Children's Literature pointed out that "it should be noted that all the illustrations--from those depicting Korean rituals to the smallest clothing details--are the result of the illustrator's extensive research and passionate interest in Korean culture."

hardcover. N.P., Donohue, reprint, n.d. (1901), Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrations in black, orange & green by W.W. Denslow. Binding loose, back hinge cracked, edgewear to covers. Title pg. says Bobbs Merrill, spine says Donohue.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Company, 4th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by the author. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with a little sketch of a spider. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with small tear to upper edge of spine. Faint sunning to spine. Internally very good. Caldecott Honor Book with silver sticker on cover.

Hardcover. New York , Philomel Books, 1st U.S., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by Anno. Adapted from the translation by Ursula Synge. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, B&w illustrations by James Daugherty. Spine cloth faded otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul Rogers. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Jindra Capek. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. Boards show some minor wear and very light soiling. Hardbound. No dust jacket.

hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Raul Colon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Softcover. La Jolla CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned. Hague's first illustrated book.

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.

Softcover. La Jolla, CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned.

Hardcover. NY, Ars Edition, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Approximately 5 3/4" x 4 3/4", 18 pages. English version by John Theobald. Bohatta was a Austrian writer/artist whose titles were republished in the U.S. in small printings. Charming color illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Ray Cruz. Shows minor wear, otherwise nice condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Her second book. Dust jacket with closed tears, rubbing, sticker residue to front cover. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Two-color illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 58 pages plus notes on the woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Dust jacket shows some wear. Clean.

Softcover. London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, unknown, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Musical scores to 30 children's songs illustrated in color by Paul Woodroffe. Illustrated cardboard covers with white cloth spine. Endpapers illustration in yellow. Light wear to cover corners.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, gray cloth stamped in blue, in an edgeworn dust jacket. After many birthdays, Robin gets the gift he's been wishing for - a dog.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white and some color illustrations by Richard Holberg. Dust jacket worn.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 41 pages. Color illust. by Beisner. Laminated boards with crisp finish, illustrated in color front and back.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 80 pages illustrated by Hilary Knight. Sprinkled throughout this cheery volume of familiar poems are pictures of people readinga lady in a straw hat reading to a toddler on an old-fashioned porch, a kangaroo reading to babies in her pouch. True to the title, the poems collected are perfect for reading side by side. There are story poems; counting rhymes; verses about seasons, holidays and animals. Every page is filled with Knight's rollicking watercolors of exuberant, bright-eyed children. What will ensure this book's popularity, however, is the inclusion of poems many parents and grandparents will remember, including "A Visit from St. Nicholas," "The Three Little Kittens" and "The House that Jack Built." Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 50 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Color illustrations by Karl Larsson. Dust jacket shows much wear, soiling, chipping, some small tears, one large tear at top left hand corner of back cover. Internally there is some soiling but mostly clean.

Hardcover. NY`, Child's Play Ltd., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Meyrick. Laminated covered boards with color illustrations. Small dings on top edge.

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. 80 pages illustrated in color by Wildsmith. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , Greenwillow, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Illustrated in color by Anita Lobel. SIGNED BY LOBEL on title page.