Vintage & Out-of-Print Children's Illustrated Books

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, The squirrel family leaves their home in the woods, which is threatened by woodsmen, and seek refuge in a nearby garden. 64 pages with eight color plates and additional b&w drawings by Frances Beem. Several of the drawings have been colored by a child.

New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Alexander Koshkin. SIGNED BY PATERSON on title-page.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, Reprint, Circa 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR GARTH WILLIAMS ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrations in full color. Previous owners name and date (1960) at top right corner of front endpaper. Gray cloth covers. Dust jacket with missing small chunks of paper, closed tears along edges.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Renard , 1st, 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth covered book with full size paste-on plate. Cloth has wear on corners. Cover plate is an illustration of Jackie standing on a raft. Previous owner's name in pencil on half-title page. Clean interior pages with 21 full page action photo drawings in b&w. Adapted from Willard Mack's Metro Photoplay of the same name. Mild soil to covers.

Hardcover. U.K., Educational Explorers , 1st English, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages.. Hardcover, no dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY GATTEGNO on front end paper. Translated from French by Ann Reed. Color paintings by Susan Kohn. Illustrated cloth.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY WILLIAM LOW ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black. 41 pages illustrated in two and three colors by the author. Tale of a young boy set in contemporary (1950s) Japan. Inscription on front fly leaf. An unfortunate musty odor.

Chicago, Rand McNally , Reprint, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with a pictorial label on front. 93 pages, 14 color plates, b&w plates and decorations by E. Mars and M. H. Squire. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. BOOKPLATE ON FRONT ENDPAPER SIGNED BY AUTHOR JACK PRELUTSKY AND ILLUSTRATOR PETER SIS. Full color illustrations. Bright, clean copy. Once again the collaborators of The Dragons Are Singing Tonight have combined their extraordinary talents to concoct an irresistible collection of trolls, wizards, witches, giants, ogres (and a solitary yeti). "Jack Prelutsky is up to his usual hilarious no good in this new collection of witchy, wizardly, ogreish poems....Among the subjects of these briskly amusing poems is a wizard who rashly makes himself disappear, a seven-century-old apprentice witch....and a family-type ogre....Prelutsky's skill with catchy rhymes and delightfully fiendish subject matter is complemented by Peter Sis's humorously foreboding and cheerfully nonchalant illustrations."

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Mary Chalmers. First Edition. Two little brothers in a quandary as to what they should get their Mother for her birthday. Light edgewear, name on front fly leaf.

New York , Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st U.S., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Mary Wormell. Peter the spotted pig tries everything he can think of to remove his spots, from fading them in the summer sun to freezing them off in the winter snow, until he makes a new friend who helps him realize that his spotty look is something of which he can be proud. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 108 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Barry Moser. Dust jacket with spine fade, light edgewear. Clean, tight copy. Stories of the trickster hero Jahdu retold by Virgina Hamilton.

Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A farmer's son, enslaved by an evil wizard, is aided by the man's lovely daughter in freeing the whole land from the wizard's spell. Beautifully illustrated by Conover. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Joliet, Volland, 1st , 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 94 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gruelle. Cloth spine separation from binding. Binding shaken, pages loose, but clean, bright cover & pages. Chipping to edges.

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations by Carl Larsson. Dust jacket with rubbing along edges, areas of darkening. Clean, tight copy. A beautiful book featuring the full color watercolor artwork by Carl Larsson of his family in Sweden.

NY, Seabury Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Galdone. aAclever monkey outwits a crocodile intent on catching and eating him. Book Club edition. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. US, Katherine Tegen Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Nelson. Illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Abelard-Schuman, Book Club, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Abner Graboff. "Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Beginning Readers" seal on back cover and back of dust jacket. Dust jacket with tape repaired tear at top left edge of front cover - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Two areas of minor staining on final page -otherwise, clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by author. "The timelessness of childhood, its sudden friendships and short sorrows, its dreams, its laughter, its make-believe - all are delightfully and delicately pictured here in words and illustrations that reflect a small child's own world and that will bring back to his elders many happy memories. With its gentle wisdom and delicate beauty, this tiny gem will enchant readers of all ages." (description from the dust jacket). Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 1st, 2014-09-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A wordless picture book celebrates the power of art and imagination. A little boy reads about Africa and then creates his own adventures with his pencils and paints. Wordless books require readers to slow down and read the pictures, and careful children will see beyond the main storyline by looking at the whole illustration. Why is the boy in bed and not outside? The inhaler and bottle of medicine on the side table are hints. But binoculars and an umbrella on the other side of the table tell them that he is not always bedridden. As he draws, he falls deeply into the rich world of his imaginary Africa. First he draws an elephant, and then he rides away on it. He paints zebras, has a sandwich for lunch, records a giraffe stampede and shares one of his many other sandwiches with the gorillas. After a hair-raising encounter with an aggressive rhino, the little artist shares his pencils and food with other primates, who return the favor and sketch him. Colon's signature scratched-watercolor technique adds richness and emotion to this warm story, but it's the framing scenes at beginning and end that really sparkle here. Simple line-and-color washes put the young man at the center of the story and help readers identify with him.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription in a fine hand along top edge of inside front cover dated 1939. Full color and black & white illustrations by Barbara Latham. Rubbing to edges and corners of covers. Degree of age toning to page edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

NY, Philomel Books, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Poetry collected by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. 64 pages. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. US, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2014-04-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. How do we stay put on our planet and not float away into outer space? What makes things fall to the ground from high places? Chin introduces youngsters to the concept of gravity, presenting the information in highly understandable language and in captivating paintings that will delight young readers. Deceptively simple large print text describe how gravity affects all things on Earth as well as in outer space. Colorful and incredibly detailed watercolor landscapes and close-up illustrations keep readers' attention, and certain objects are repeated throughout the pages. Although Gravity is set up like a fictional text, the information necessary to understand the basics of gravity are present.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 80 pages, b & w and color lithographs by Kurt Wiese, slight wear to edges of cover, clean, tight copy.

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. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 10. Hardcover, 112 pages. Illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. This tenth volume finds our band of heroes making their way back to the Kingdom of Thule by way of Constantinople and Eastern Russia. Soon they are attacked by a tribe of barbarians who kidnap Aleta for the great Dragada Khan who wants to make her one of his wives. After nearly being killed in battle, Valiant returns to his homeland only to find the threat of hunger hovers over Thule. As Val explores new ways of feeding the kingdom's growing populace, raiders threaten the lives of his family and friends. The volume ends with Val's return to Camelot, a tournament of champions, and the threat of new treachery in Cornwall. This volume also includes an introduction by legendary comics artist Timothy Truman, and a special gallery containing more of Hal Foster's incredible Mountie paintings annotated by comics historian Brian M. Kane.

Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st U.S., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by P. J. Lynch, DVD "Making Fairy Tales" inside front cover, very clean, tight copy, like new. Brought to new life with enchanting illustrations by award-winning artist P. J. Lynch, this comic American folktale concludes with a final, satisfying twist that says much about fate, identity, and the captivating power of bees.

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.

Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Extensive color illustrations by Jeffers. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket lightly scratched. Color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney.

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. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 48 pages, color illustrations by Brian Selznick.SIGNED by illustrator Selznick. No dj as issued. The pioneering team that brought you Caldecott Honor Book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins lends their vision, flair, and unique style to Walt Whitman--poet, American icon, Civil War hero.Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers--Union and Confederate, black and white. By getting to know them through many intense and affecting experiences, he began to see a greater life purpose: His writing could give these men a voice, and in turn, achieve his highest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, and deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens and open their hearts to humanity.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY DAVID SHANNON ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

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. London, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, color illustrations. In publisher's shrinkwrap. No dust jacket issued. Leading photographer Martin Parr has put together another wonderful book from his personal collection. This time he shows us the American Christmas Card. These are a fascinating eye opener into American culture, as proud families everywhere (pets included) pose before the camera to send their Christmas Greetings across the nation.Magnum photographer Martin Parr's work features in newspapers and magazines worldwide and has been exhibited in every continent. A dedicated collector of cards, his books Boring Postcards and Boring Postcards USA have been major publishing successes.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Brown cloth covers with blue metallic titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Very light edgewear to dust jacket; otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages, clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.

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 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. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Book Club Ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 44 pages. Laminate dust jackets illustrated to appear as classic b&w composition notebook, blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, mylar protective covering, lovely b&w illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Price-clipped, previous owner's short ink inscription to front endpaper, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a lovely children's book.

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 , 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. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 85 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear, small closed tear to dust jacket. Stamp on front fly leaf. Else a very clean, tight copy.

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 , Scholastic Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by Kadir Nelson. SIGNED BY NELSON on title page. A Caldecott Honor Book. No sticker to the dust jacket

Hardcover. London, Blackie and Son Limited, Unknown, Unknown, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cardboard covers with a fed cloth spine.Unpaginated. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Some soiling/staining, edge-wear, and shelf-wear to covers. Rear cover bumped along bottom edge. Foxing to top edge. Previous owner's signature to back of half-title page. Complete gutter crack after title page. A little soiling to some of pages. Otherwise, fair, unmarked copy.

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. NY, NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards. SIGNED BY LEVINE with sketch of bird on front fly leaf. no dj issued. Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey's off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine's lilting rhymes.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages, hardcover, illustrated boards with green cloth spine. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. mild shelf wear, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. San Rafael CA, Insight Kids, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Elephant-headed and big-bellied, mischievous and sweet, the god Ganesh is one of the most familiar faces in the world. But why does he have the head of an elephant? Set in the Himalayas in a time of gods and goddesses, Elephant Prince tells the story of a remarkable bond between a mother and her son, a remorseful god, a generous elephant and the boy who became Ganesh. Belgin K. Wedman's jewel-toned illustrations, reminiscent of classical Indian miniatures, complement this poetic story of one of the most beloved gods of all.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY 11 ARTISTS on bookplate and book. More than forty acclaimed children's book authors and illustrators join together to create an anthology: stories, poems, essays, and pictures that celebrate Earth and call attention to environmental destruction, overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.