Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color, b&w by Jeff Grove.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt , 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with red, black and white decoration. Humerous verse illustrated with 2-color cartoons by Henry Mayer.
Hardcover. NY, Arcade, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Introduction by Michael Patrick Hearn, Reprints 6 of Denslow's early picture books in one volume. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NJ, Prentice Hall, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, pictorial cloth, 56 pgs, illustrated in color by Dumas, no dj issued.
Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by McCully.
Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 97 pages,. Children's book by the famous explorer illustrated in black and white from photographs and drawings by Albert Operti. Original tan pictorial cloth with white-stamped lettering on front cover, and oval label with photo montage. Frontispiece. Pictorial title-page. Incredible condition, clean.
Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, b&w illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully. Dust jacket with edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st pub in 1960, this edition probably early 70's, dust jacket with light edgewear, chips.
Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket, 160 pages. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Clean, tight copy.
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. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with cardboard spine split along top. No dust jacket. Corners chipped and fraying. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf bottom.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Strauss Grioux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the Zemach's. Minor spotting to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Strauss Grioux, 2nd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A Cornish folk tale. Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Mild edgewear to dj. 1974 Caldecott Medal Winner.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 1st book by award winning team, b&w illustrations by Richard Egielski. Dj unclipped.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Stated first edition.
Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 92 pages. Color illustrations by Aldren Watson. Light soil to dust jacket. Otherwise very good. SIGNED BY ALDREN WATSON on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrations in color, b&w by Tibor Gergely, illustrated boards, corner edgewear, pages have wrinkling to bottom edge. Covers have moderate chipping. Sweeny is a brave little boy who visits the Bronx Zoo alone and where he loses his toy elephant, Bombo. He is lonely and unsure of himself but gains courage from his interaction with the animals and eventually rescues Bombo.
Hardcover. Paris, Hachette, 1st Canadian, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, illustrated boards, Illustrations in line & 12 color plates by Maurice Boutet de Monvel. Small water stain to top of covers, w/ mild wrinkle to paper covering boards o/w bright & clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color, b&w Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. Gilt lettering dulled, previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Some soiled spots on front cover. Corners frayed and edged worn.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 194 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket. B&W Illustrations by Reginald Birch & Charles Copeland. Slight slant to spine o/w bright, clean copy w/ elaborate gilt decorated covers.
Hardcover. Boston, L.C. Page, rep, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 271 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Book of animal life in the Guiana Wilds, 59 plates by Bull. Dj with wear, chunks missing from top and bottom spine, front bottom, and rear bottom. Gutter cracked in several spots.
Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Michael Hague. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 5th pr., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Early Little Golden Book (cloth spine, textured covers) #34, Golden Book of Hymns is largest # on back cover. Color b&w illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Akron, OH, Saalfield, 1st thus, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w by Frances Brundage. A bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 11th, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Color, b&w Illustrations by the Hollings, big tears to 2 pgs but repairable as everything present. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.
Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 239 pages, with b&w drawings by Kurt Wiese. Minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illustrated by the author throughout. Part of a series of publications for parents from the Boston Children's Medical Center. Dust jacket price clipped and minor wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color Illustrations by Darrel Anderson. Clean in very good, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on half-title. Caldecott Winner. Bright, crisp copy. Second printing, without Caldecott sticker on front. Wiesner won the first of three Caldecott Medals for this charming and humorous pictorial story about clever frogs and their adventures as they migrate from a swamp through a small town.
Hardcover. Sydney, Austalia, P.I.C., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Clean, tight copy. This children's picture story, a detective mystery, is about a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, and which disappears in New Jersey. This is one of the author's most hilarious, but overlooked, masterpieces for any child or adult to enjoy. The life-like illustrations are by international illustrator, Robert Ingpen. The literature classic was originally published in 1882 as a short story.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers , 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with black cloth spine, illustrated boards, 2 small signatures opposite title page. Clean and tight copy. Lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, North-South Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Transl from the German by Anthea Bell. Color Illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger. SIGNED BY ZWERGER opposite title page.
Hardcover. NY, Crowell/ Jr. Lit Guild, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated in 2-colors by Leslie W. Lee. Light wear, rubbing to edges and spine, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page with illustrations throughout. Very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Paris, Dorbon-Aine, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, 66 pages. Color Illustrations by Paul Guignebault. FRENCH TEXT. Circa 1920.
Hardcover. Chicago, Whitman, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pgs w/ color & 2-color Illustrations throughout by Eleanor Mussey Young. Small blemish to back boards otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros , unknown, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated boards. Color, b&w Illustrations by Helene Guertik. Heavy wear to cardboard covers, mostly corners. Tender binding. Charming full page color lithographs (one double-spread), illustrated title page, plus two b&w drawings. As the sun rises on the Little French Farm, Francois, the farmer's son takes us around and introduces us to all the creatures on the farm.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color Illustrations by Michael Hague. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The beautiful Keeper of the Forest helps a gentle, reclusive youth when he most needs it and gives the world a bird with a beautiful voice.
Hardcover. NY, Young Scott Books, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w drawings by Edward Gorey, dj w/ edgewear, closed tear at folds, chip on rear panel. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Colorful illustrations by Lynn Munsinger throughout accompanying short humorous poems by various poets. Clean inside and out, in great shape!
Hardcover. Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 213 pages. hardcover. Deckled edge. Pages yellowed with age, Dust jacket shows some age wear, but still intact. Pages and edges yellowed with some foxing. Adolescent/teen reader of some age and in good shape.
Hardcover. New York, P.F. Volland Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover in decorative box. Color illustrations throughout. In good condition considering its age. Previous owner's dated inscription on title page. Bright yellow covers with illustration. Touch of foxing to covers and a few pages, but doesn't affect text or illustrations. Binding still quite tight. Beautiful old children's book.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Covers bound in blue cloth with gilt title on spine and cover with decoration and pastedown art. Beautiful b/w illustrations throughout by Seton. Bump to top corner of cover, small scrape to cover label otherwise clean, very good. The aim of this well-illustrated work is to picture the life of a Grizzly Bear with the added glamour of a remarkable Bear personality (from the Preface). Presented in 16 chapters, Seton considered this work as an historical novel of Bear life.
Hardcover. Kansas City, MO, Tell-Well Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped and in protective brodart. Color illustrations throughout. decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has some age-yellowing. Cover boards decorated in same design as dust jacket. Small superficial tear to top of front cover at spine. Clean inside. In beautiful condition for its age.
Hardcover. Kansas City, MO, Tell-Well Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear, still intact and wrapped in protective brodart. Cover boards decorated with same image as dust jacket. Covers have a little soil a top and age wear. Clean inside and in great shape for its age.
Record # 31108
Price: $15.00
Vintage & Collectible Children's Picture Books
This section brings together used, rare and out-of-print children's illustrated books, where the artwork matters as much as the story. Expect picture books, illustrated readers and treasuries from a range of decades and artists, such as W.W. Denslow's Denslow's Picture Book Treasury and Emily Arnold McCully's Crossing the New Bridge.
You will also find storybook favorites like Jan Wahl's A Gift for Miss Milo, Randall Jarrell's Fly by Night and Philippe Dumas's Caesar: Cock of the Village. Many titles are earlier printings or hard-to-find editions prized for their plates, endpapers and jacket art, and are described down to their condition and binding.
As with all used and rare stock, condition and availability differ between copies. Most are single copies, so order online while yours is listed.
 "Gift For Miss Milo, A by: Wahl, Jan")
 "Davy Jones's Yarns & Other Salty Soups by: Ybarra, Thomas")
 "Denslow's Picture Book Treasury by: Denslow, W.W.")
 "Caesar/ Cock of the Village by: Dumas, Philippe")
 "Crossing the New Bridge by: McCully, Emily Arnold")
 "Snowland Folk - The Eskimos the Bears the Dogs the Musk Oxen and Other Dwellers in the Frozen North. juvenile adventure in northern Greenland by: Peary, Robert E.")
 "Jenny's Revenge by: Baldwin, Anne Norris")
 "Fly By Night by: Jarrell, Randall")
 "Sign on Rosie's Door, The by: Sendak, Maurice")
 "I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book by: Opie, Iona & Peter, Maurice Sendak")
 "Toy Brother, The by: Steig, William")
 "Tenggren's Story Book by: Tenggren, Gustaf")
 "Penny a Look, A/ An Old Story by: Zemach, Harve & Margot")
 "Duffy and the Devil by: Zemach, Harve & Margot")
 "Sid & Sol by: Yorinks, Arthur and Richard Egielski")
 "Cunning Little Vixen, The by: Tesnohlidek, Rudolf")
 "Fairy Tale Picture Book, The (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Watson, Nancy Dingman")
 "Sweeny's Adventure/ As Told by John Kieran by: Krumgold, Joseph and Tibor Gergely")
 "Filles et Garcons by: France/Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Anatole")
 "Secret Places by: Brodsky, Beverly")
 "When Little Thoughts Go Rhyming by: Knobel/Maginel Wright Enright, Elizabeth")
 "Another Flock of Girls by: Perry, Nora")
 "Under the Roof of the Jungle by: Bull, Charles Livingston")
 "Beauty and the Beast by: Apy, Deborah, Michael Hague")
 "Lively Little Rabbit by: Ariane/Gustaf Tenggren")
 "Pied Piper of Hamelin, The by: Browning, Robert")
 "Road In Storyland, The by: Piper, Wally (Ed) and The Hollings")
 "Parrot Dealer, The by: Wiese, Kurt")
 "Child's Eye View of the World, A by: Simont, Marc")
 "Fever Dream by: Bradbury, Ray")
 "Tuesday (SIGNED COPY) by: Wiesner, David")
 "Stolen White Elephant, The by: Twain, Mark and Robert ingpen")
 "Open House for Butterflies by: Krauss, Ruth")
 "Little Hobbin (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Storm, Theodor and Lisbeth Zwerger")
 "Children of Banana Land by: Lee, Melicent Humason")
 "My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (SIGNED COPY) by: Polacco, Patricia")
 "Up and Down the River by: Caudill, Rebecca")
 "Boom Town Boy by: Lenski, Lois")
 "Petites Jacances: Chansons Berceuses Rondes et Jeux by: Privas, Xavier & Francine Loree-Privas")
 "Nimbo: The Story of an African Boy by: Pease, Josephine Van Dolzen")
 "Little French Farm, The by: Lida; Translated By Raymond Louise")
 "Legend of the Veery Bird, The by: Hague, Kathleen and Michael")
 "Bells of Christmas, The by: Hamilton, Virginia")
 "Dong with a Luminous Nose, The by: Lear/Edward Gorey, Edward")
 "Zooful of Animals, A by: Cole (Ed.)/Lynn Munsinger, William")
 "Outdoor Girls in the Air, The by: Hope, Laura Lee")
 "How Sing Found the World is Round by: Reid, Sidney")
 "Monarch the Big Bear of Tallac by: Seton, Ernest Thompson")
 "Silver Stallion (Sequel to Lightning: A Cowboy's Colt) by: Martin, Bill, Bernard Martin")
 "Lightning: A Cowboy's Colt by: Martin, Bill, Bernard Martin")
