Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. London, Pavilion Books, 2nd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 70 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY FOREMAN on title-page. Lovely color illustrations by Foreman. Great condition. Crisp, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random Library, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 32 pages illustrated by Milion Glaser. Mocked throughout the jungles of India due to his small size, the smallest elephant in the world--no bigger than a house cat--has decided enough is enough. After all, if he's no bigger than a house cat, then a house must be where he belongs! After a long journey in the hold of a ship, this smallest elephant in the world finds himself a home with a nice little boy inside. But he must disguise himself as a cat to satisfy the boy's mother, and disaster strikes when he is confronted with his first mouse... Little does he know that the perfect home is waiting for him, in a circus where differences are celebrated, not scorned. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ROSEMARY WELLS ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 109 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. This retrospective volume is not intended to illustrate a particular story, but to display the full range of her abilities, and it is arranged according to the seasons she celebrates in her art. There are fifty of her hand-colored woodcuts in full color and an equal number in black and white. The book is large format because that is the way she works and that's what does her work justice. The text, written by her friend Lilias Hart, discusses not only her work, but also what life is like in the rigorous reaches of Northern Vermont.

Hardcover. New York, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anita Lobel. An old Japanese man brags so much about his fine heifer, the master clog maker and his apprentice decide to teach him a lesson. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Diego, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY NORMAN AND LEO AND DIANE DILLON on title-page. Color illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. like-new condition.

Hardcover. NY, Margaret K. McElderry, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by John O'Brien. A collection of limericks about Uncle Switch, an eccentric who does everything topsy-turvy. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. The survival adventure tale gets a desert setting in this picture book about a boy lost in the Sahara. Author and artist have traveled in the area, and they tell the story of sizzling sun and lonely darkness in realistic detail. Lewin's watercolor paintings are rich with story.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Laura Levine. Grammy promotional bookplate on front fly leaf otherwise VG, clean. Pinkerton's family decides he needs a friend, but is a cat named Rose really suitable? Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boulder CO, Vernissage Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Natasha Voronina. This Christmas tale broadens a child's understanding of another culture as it introduces a few words of Russian. It is a story of self-discovery while it introduces readers (parents, as well as children) to some of the lore and language of a far-away country.

Hardcover. Chicago, M. A. Donohue, 1st , 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket except tattered front panel of dust jacket laid-in. Illustrated in color, B&W by Gruelle. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Covers and spine faded. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Woodstock VT, privately printed/Elm Tree Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 21 pages illustrated in red and black by Peg Schaeffer Gruver. An animal story set in rural New England. Illustrated gray boards in a glassine dust jacket that's tanned and chipped. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color pictorial stapled wrappers. With the "fuzzy" material on cover and on the "pup" throughout book.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 3-color illustrations by Kaethe Zemach. Dust jacket edgeworn, repaired tears, chipped.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st , 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers, 143 pages. Black & white pictures by Albert Levering. Tear to top of plate opposite page 24. Spine lettering faded. Some browning to pages. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Lee & Low Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color by Ted Lewin. SIGNED BY BOTH author and illustrator. Describes the Mongolian terrain, people, culture, and day-to-day activities while focusing on Naadam, the annual summer festival.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Jaques. Story of a wooden doll's search for her teddy bear friend. Foxing on half title page. Slight odor.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, lovely reprint. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SENDAK. In Charlotte and the White Horse, first published in 1955, creamy pages frame Sendak's softly lit illustrations of a girl who convinces her father to keep a wobbly legged horse and cares for him until he can stand on his own. Sendak's delicate watercolors suit the dream-like mood of a boy who accomplishes all that he sets out to do in his imaginary world.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Light edgewear to dust jacket, spine faded.When Becca's older brother Stevie is selected for the draft during the Vietnamese War, he decides to go to Canada instead, leaving his family upset and divided by his refusal to go to war. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harlin Quist Inc., reprint, 1973, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. English translation Ciba Vaughan. Color illustrations by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Violet end papers, burgundy cloth covers with gold lettering on spine. Dust jacket faded by sun with minor tears. Dust jacket protected by acrylic cover.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with lllustrated paper label on front. 110 pages, color and b/w illustrations throughout by the author. Dust jacket chipped, worn. A collection of eleven stories: Mrs. Spider's Surprise, The Mystery in the Bake Shop, Captain Caddis' Adventure, April Fool Raindrop, The Dreamland Toys, The Hallowween Brownie, Wee Willie Winkie and others.

Hardcover. NY, Hawthorn Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations in 3 colors By Wells. Library binding and discard stamp to both end papers. otherwise clean and bright with no other markings.

Hardcover. San Francisco, McSweeney's, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Very good hardback bound in publisher's shaped boards cut in the shape of a house and issued without a jacket. SIGNED in black marker by Barnett and Horowitz on the rear board.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with light rubbing and price clipped. First re-issue. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Brown. SIGNED BY BROWN. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury USA, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to edges. A tight copy. Color illustrations throughout by Roz Chast

Hardcover. New York , Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Shulevitz and SIGNED BY HIM. In this charming story about imagination and adventure, told with Uri Shulevitz's signature playfulness and style, a little boy learns how to be courageous, both on the high seas and at home. The tale is based on a childhood memory from the time when the author/illustrator and his family lived in Warsaw on the eve of World War II.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Gruelle. Originally published by Volland in 1917. In a bright color dust jacket with minor edgewear , closed tears.

Hardcover. New York , Dial, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Wordless picture book, color illustrations by Nyeu and SIGNED BY HIM. 48 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated throughout in color by Froud. SIGNED BY FROUD on title page. No dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by David McPhail. Illustrated boards with matching dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, Hardcover, Thin square 16mo, original pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. Orange endpapers. 80 pages illustrated throughout in color by Kate Greenaway. Printed by Edmund Evans. The front and backboard are illustrated with the same picture of two flower bearing girls, standing against a small fence that holds the title information. Underneath them a garland of roses is depicted. This beautiful little book is all about flowers and their meanings. No date but appears to be very early, if not a first printing. Clean with mild edgewear.

Hardcover. London, Phaidon Press, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 120 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Another classic title from world-renowned cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, this illustrated children's book, originally published in French in 1969, tells the story of Martin Pebble, a little boy who has something unusual the matter with him: he keeps blushing all the time for no particular reason.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Daniel Kirk. SIGNED BY BOTH LEWIS AND KIRK. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st U.S., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Angela Barrett.This British import depicts a little girl's exploration of the dark, mysterious woods surrounding her home. The quiet, poetic text, featuring subtle rhymes and emphatic phrasing, expresses the hidden drama of her simple quest. The child, safe and warm in her mother's kitchen, longs to discover "what's out there." As the sun sets, she creeps out into the snow and then into the woods. She finds the seemingly still forest alive with sprites, goblins, and eerie beasts. She emerges from her adventure to find her anxious mother waiting for her with outstretched arms.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Illustrated with full color woodcuts by Mary Azarian. SIGNED BY AZARIAN. Clean, tight copy. Revealing the variety of life underground, the bright comfort of a greenhouse on a winter's day, or the anticipation of starting seeds indoors in early spring, this striking alphabet book celebrates the simple joys of gardening. Without neglecting the frustrations--the nibbling critters and the toil--or wry, humorous moments spent in the garden. Mary Azarian's spare words and lovely woodcuts capture the essence of turning a bare plot of ground into fragrant flowers and lush vegetables and trees. Her depictions of insects, manure, and compost piles are as delightful as her fountains, pumpkins, and Queen Anne's lace. Whether we are young or old, our gardens both exhaust and renew us. They are our source of magic and wonder and perhaps our best way to live closer to the land and to the rhythm of the seasons.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, INSCRIBED BY FEIFFER on half title page. Illustrated in color.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, Mcloughlin Bros., 1st thus, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated paper on oblong boards with bright colors and no fading or scuffing visible. Contains five children's nursery stories and one Bible story: The Three Little Pigs, Little Black Sambo, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow-White and the Seven Dwars, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Noah's Ark. All pop-ups in working order. blue cloth spine has separated from binding and is a little loose but doesn't effect pop-ups. Two small tape shadows on last spread. Overall good plus.

Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent, 1st UK, 1980, Color illustrated glazed boards, watercolor art by Dumas. Small nick to top of cover spine, otherwise very good, like new.

Hardcover. Montreal?, Bedrick/Blackie, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Shows some very minor wear, but really, almost new-looking. Laminated boards, no dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 279 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 16 color plates, b&w drawings by H.M. Brock. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by the author. Bright, unclipped dust jacket. Verses are accompanied by illustrations of unusual situations such as a dog taking a little girl for a walk, a bird scolding a cat for scaring his friends, and a boy sitting calmly while a sheep shears his head.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8-2-color plates, B&W line drawings by Dombrowski. With a nice dust jacket, only minor edgewear. Tight copy.

New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st thus, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY KNIGHT on front end paper pastedown. Color illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping and some tears. Internally clean. Quentin Blake illustrations in black & white & blue. Hardbound. One summer, whilst on holiday in northern France Aristide is given a blue Li-Lo by his Grandmother. Despite being told not to go too far from the shore Aristide manages to float all the way across the channel to England where he is captured and held prisoner by some boys. (Robert Tibber is the nom-de-plume of Rosemary Friedman)

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue-green cloth stamped in black. 89 pages, b&w illustrations by Anderson. A horse story for young people. Through patience and gentle handling, Judy and the jumper Fair Lady both recover their nerve. No dust jacket, no marking. Back cover with water stains to cloth,

Hardcover. Atlanta, Turner, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by author. Clean, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Montreal, Tundra Books, reprint , 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Kurelek. Nice, clean condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.