Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY MACAULAY on half title page. Dust jacket price-clipped. Borrowing from themes of George Orwell's Animal Farm in 1943 and the 1973 movie Soylent Green, David Macaulay's children's book Baaa draws parallels to these stories with demonstrations of matters of overpopulation, resource depletion, social hierarchies, and consumption by depicting sheep evolving to a point of self destruction. The post-apocalyptic storytelling evident in Baaa is reminiscent of Macaulay's earlier work titled "Motel of the Mysteries" in which twentieth century civilization as we know it has ceased to exist. The combination of intellectually savvy text with rich pen and ink drawings complement his analysis of societal ills while supporting a solid body of work.
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 , NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a reprint of a classic. SIGNED by illustrator Marc Simont on half title (page 15). No dj issued.
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. NY, Dial, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. We all know the joke. We've all told it. Kids love to tell it over and over and over again, with as many different punch lines as possible. And now we've found out that famous award-winning artists love to tell the joke too--and they have some wacky and downright hilarious ideas about why that chicken really did cross the road. Mo Willems's chicken confesses his motives to a police officer; David Shannon's chicken can drive a car; Marla Frazee's chicken is looking for a more luxurious coop; and Harry Bliss's chicken encounters aliens. And this is just the beginning. One thing is for sure--you won't cross this book without a good laugh!
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, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and SIGNED BY BOTH DILLONS. In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal. From internationally acclaimed picture book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairy tale about family, friendship, and the power compassion has to unite us all.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A retelling in story form of five of Shakespeare's works: The Tempest, As You Like It, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Julius Caesar. Colour and black and white illustrations by Hungarian-British artist Victor Ambrus.
Hardcover. NY, Blue Apple Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by illustrator Kreloff and performer Brian Stokes Mitchell on CD. Tony Award winner and Broadway icon, Mitchell, brings star power to this Broadway treasury. With entries such as "audition," "box office," "marquee," and "understudy," kids will discover Broadway from A to Z. Elliot Kreloff's energetic and dynamic illustrations come from someone who clearly knows theater from first-hand experiences.
Hardcover. NY, Barron's , 4th pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by Mayhew. Join Ella Bella Ballerina as she twirls into the enchanting, festive world of The Nutcracker ballet with its dancing snowflakes, swirling sweets, and beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy. But can Ella Bella help the Nutcracker defeat his archenemy, the wicked Mouse King? Clean copy. One in a series of six Ella Bella titles.
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. NY, Viking/Ariel, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 147 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg. Like new in bright dust jacket. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue-green cloth stamped with brown decoration, 68 pages. Author's text illustrations throughout.. From the German of Wilhelm Busch by Charles T. Brooks. This book is printed throughout in red on pale green paper. First published by Roberts Brothers in 1883. Binding shaken, spine re-enforced with tape.
Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by AUTHOR, Elizabeth Bluemle. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Clean, tight 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. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Benji Davis throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it's always been -- except that Grandad isn't there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Davies's tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after they're gone.
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, Constable, reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black on spine and front cover, 567 pages. Over 500 drawings by author, whose life work is the development or revival of Woodcraft, that is outdoor life in its greatest sense, as a school for manhood. He defends Indians and their traditions, as he sees them as a model for outdoor life. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages, illustrated in color by Stanley. In an unclipped dust jacket with mild fading to spine.
Hardcover. NY, New York Review of Books, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format in pictorial boards. It's a big day for Jenny Linsky, the shy little black cat of Greenwich Village, when her brothers, Checkers and Edward, take her out for her birthday. They pick up her notorious friends along the way, including the twins Romulus and Remus, who have brought a special present, and Pickles, the Fire Cat, who gathers everyone into his red fire truck to take them to the park. There they will invite friends and strangers to share a picnic supper and dance the night away. First published in 1954. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Books of Wonder Sea Star Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dustjacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Color illustrations by Christine Davenier. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with boards illustrated in red and black. 318 pages profusley illustrated with b&w drawings by Pyle. Previous owner's inscription on inside front cover.
Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, unknown , nd., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Soiling to spine & covers. Edgewear. Corners rubbed, bumped. Previous owner's bookplate and booksellers label front pastedown. Some soiling throughout, otherwise good. Spots on spine.
Hardcover. NY , Harper, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 196 pages. From New York Times best-selling Shel Silverstein, celebrated creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up, comes an amazing collection of never-before-published poems and drawings. Copyright page says First Edition, but line below suggests 2013 printing. First published in 2011. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, John C. Winston , 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 120 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has chipped and fraying edges, covered in acetate brodart. Previous owner's name and date on front fly-leaf. Illustrations by Decie Merwin.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Warm, expressive paintings make this picture book a joyful experience. A human mother (Mama Inside) elaborates on the days that she spends awaiting the arrival of her baby, while a bluebird (Mama Outside) awaits her little ones. The author relates the similar experiences of the two expectant mothers-and fathers-as they prepare for the days ahead. When the babies arrive, there is time for song, food, rocking, and a good deal of growing. This heartwarming look at families is irresistible. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED WITH SMALL ILLUSTRATION ON TITLE PAGE BY STEVEN KELLOGG. Clean, tight copy with light edgewear to covers.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y Crowell , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers in a lightly worn dust jacket, 466 pages. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates, 24 pages of color plates. Selected from the Rare Book Collections of the Library of Congress and Introduced by Virginia Haviland & Margaret N. Coughlan. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages. Color illustrations by Bea Rabin Seiden. Great story to read to toddlers especially those with a finicky appetite!
Hardcover. Mineola NY, Calla/Dover Books, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, gilt-decorated green cloth. This Calla Edition of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm is drawn from the mammoth collection first published in 1909 and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. His 40 full-color plates, plus innumerable black-and-white spot elements, get sensitive treatment in a design that retains the best features of the original, including the ornate gilt stamping on the cover.
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. NY, Balzer + Bray, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. In Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson's stirring paintings and words grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book. SIGNED (REALLY INITIALED) BY KADIR WITH 2011 DATE on title page. Heart and Soul is about the men, women, and children who toiled in the hot sun picking cotton for their masters; it's about the America ripped in two by Jim Crow laws; it's about the brothers and sisters of all colors who rallied against those who would dare bar a child from an education. It's a story of discrimination and broken promises, determination, and triumphs. Winner of numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator.
Hardcover. NY, The Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated by David Shannon and SIGNED BY SHANNON opposite title page.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and World, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust, unclipped with $3.95 on flap. Color illustrations by Doris Lee. Quillow the toy-maker is the shortest man in town and Hunder the giant roams the countryside. Quillow saves his town from the ravages of Hunder. Exceptional copy, clean and bright.
Hardcover. Applewood, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminated boards, a reprint of the classic pop-up book from 1934. An illustrated collection of familiar nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard," "Sing a Song of Sixpence," and "Three Little Kittens" each with color pop-up spreads.
Hardcover. NY, Platt and Munk, Revised Ed., 1932, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with large cover label illustration featuring Humpty Dumpty. Illustrated in color and b&w by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. Copyright page states 30th Edition with the latest date being 1932. Covers worn, spine cloth frayed with a short tear to bottom edge. Binding a little loose, fragile. Inside illustrations bright and clean.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 336 pages. In a series of adventures sure to thrill OZ fans both old and new, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow journey across the magical Land of Oz in search of the Tin Woodman's long-lost sweetheart, a beautiful Munchkin girl. This deluxe edition of the rare first edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black and white drawings, Afterword by Peter Glassman.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, BC Ed., 1950, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated by Duvoisin in color and b&w, Weekly Reader's Book Club. Clean copy
Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 179 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Cloth covers with gilt stamped decoration on front. gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Viking/Ariel, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 147 pages, color plates by Van Allsburg. Inscription on half-title page.
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1073, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear on top edge dust jacket. Bright illustrations by Paul Galdone. Clean, tight copy. Scarce.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 78 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Zvorykin. Light rubbing and small tears to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Alan Lee. Seeking to become the best fiddler in the land, a boy angers the moon, who seeks revenge by making his sister mute, but when a monster threatens the land, it is only the boy's music that can subdue it and restore his sister's voice, Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, Parent's Magazine, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacekt. Heavy soil on top and spine. Fraying to corners. Gutter crack in front, otherwise good copy.
Hardcover. Honesdale PA, Boyds Mills, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Luminous watercolor art by Ted Lewin. When Adam's family leaves Russia for America, Grandfather gives him an ancient prayer shawl that has been passed down from generation to generation, and in time, an older Adam passes the prayer shawl down to his own grandson. Inscribed on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
 "Country Noisy Book by: Margaret Wise Brown/Leonard Weisgard")
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 "Well-Loved Tales from Shakespeare by: Miles, Bernard/Victor Ambrus")
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