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

Hardcover. Mankato MN, Creative Education, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glazed boards illustrated in color, 32 pages, color art by Roland Topor.

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. Chicago, Rand McNally , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 344 pages, 10 color plates by Milo Winter. Blue cloth covers with paste-on cover label and gilt decoration.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Young. Doko is only a simple basket. It is not only grain from the field that he carries--he has also carried his master's child, and wood for the fire. He was there when the child became a man and married. And he very nearly had to carry the grandfather away forever. Luckily, someone wise beyond their years spoke up and made it possible for Doko to carry the grandfather home again instead. As ever, Ed Young has taken a simple fable and made it into a masterpiece of stunning illustration and expert storytelling. This beautiful and unique book celebrates the generations with great originality.

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. Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages illustrated in color by Schulz. In the scarce dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Hart Publishing, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages. Two-color illustrations by Ronald Ferns. Previous owner's inscription on back of front endpaper. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Story of a cat and her kittens moving into a new town.

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. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color by Vladimir Vagin. SIGNED BY PATERSON on bookplate glued to front fly leaf. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, reprint, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue buckram with gilt spine titles and corner decorations, maroon endpapers, 259 pages, b&w drawings by Oliver Herford. Timothy, age ten, sets out to rescue his two year old foster "sister" with his dog Rags. Clean copy, slight cock to spine. Originally published in 1891.

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. New York , Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st US, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color by Browne. Browne's wry fractured fairy tale sets the Goldilocks story in a contemporary urban neighborhood and tells it from the dual viewpoints of a lost little girl and a baby bear. The girl's story, shown on left-hand pages, is wordless; sepia-toned pictures show a bespectacled, blond kid who gets lost in the city streets, enters a house with an open door, eats porridge, breaks a chair, and snuggles up to nap. On each facing page, Baby Bear tells his parallel story, illustrated in full color, of walking in the park with Daddy and Mommy and then coming home to find his breakfast gone, his chair broken, and someone asleep in his bed.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Dust jacket with moderate wear, areas of staining, tape repaired tears. Clean, unmarked pages. A child eye's view of moving day. No statement of first on copyright page.

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 York , Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Unpaginated, illustrated in b&w by Robert Lawson. Color illustrated boards with yellow cloth spine. Corner wear to covers otherwise very good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Schocken Books, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Stated second printing of this ingenious picture puzzle book with a hidden story told through the vibrant illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward McCann, reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, b&w, color Illustrations by Briggs. Library binding. dust jacket edgewear, chipped.

Hardcover. New York , Marie Chardin/privately printed, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 64 pages illustrated in 2-colors and full color by Bess Bethell. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Red cloth with black type and drawing of a penguin on front. Fraying to top of spine, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Dust jacket worn, chipped. A children's reader, number and alphabet book, all in French.

Hardcover. NY, Harpercollins;, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An illustrated edition of the libretto for Handel's popular choral work, color plates by Barry Moser.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st Edition, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages. Hardcover. Clear, transparent, decorated dust jacket, has some scratches to front cover. Decorated cover boards. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Beautiful condition, pages clean. Binding good. Spine straight.

Hardcover. New York , John Day Co., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 56 pages, illustrated in full color and 2-colors by the author. Blue cloth covers with dark blue decoration, lettering. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good. in a color dust jacket, that has the publisher's gold sticker on the front, light edgewear and chipping.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Co., 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color pictorial Illustrated boards are lightly rubbed, worn at edges and corners. Front hinge is cracked, light finger smudges to a few pages, yellow paper on cardboard spine chipped. Illustrated in color throughout. A follow-up to The Adventures of Mickey Mouse Book 1, featuring a supporting cast and personalities that align more closely to the Mickey Mouse short films and comic strip of the time. Characters include Captain Church Mouse, Tanglefoot, Peg-Leg Pete, and Pluto along with Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace & Company, 3rd pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by David Diaz. Really nice, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur turns his sharp eye to the noble alphabet and imagines what life would be like without these twenty-six little--but powerful--letters. Packed with humor and subtle wit, the verse in this captivating picture book is splendidly matched by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz's hilariously clever illustrations.

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Colorful board book illustrated by Pienkowski. One in the "Look At Me" series. Clean.

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, Little Brown, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-paginated. Previous owner's inscription title-page. Nice color illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Lovely, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st illust. thus, 1930, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, green cloth covers stamped in yellow, 214 pages. This is a first printing of the edition with the two Gertrude Kay color plates, many b&w spot drawings and endpapers illustration. The original edition was published in 1882. A collection of stories and songs the author learned from growing up among slaves in the antebellum South. The green spine is faded otherwise a clean, sharp 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. NY, Four Winds Press, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations by Ray Cruz. Very minor wear to dust jacket. Like new. Hardbound.

Hardcover. New York, Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. First state printing with all points of issue satisfied: $17.95 price on front flap, no #2 on spine of DJ or book, raised diamond pattern on dark blue boards, and raised silver letters for title and author name on DJ. 10-1 number line and '37', and first American edition June 1999. An attractive and collectible copy.

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, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, glazed pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Dines. Cover shows minor wear. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, illustrated in 3-colors by Sendak. This is an early 1970s reprint of a book published in 1960. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

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. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice color illustrations by Goode. Stories compiled by Ann Durell. Great condition, clean and new-looking. Hardcover, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illustrated by Daniel Horne. Light wear to edges of cover and dust jacket. Inside is clean and bright, with beautiful color illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color art by Lionel Kalish. Clean copy. Three siblings have a bout with the chicken pox, and their father comes down with a bad case as soon as they recover. It's their turn to help nurse him back to health in a nicely done role reversal. He misses his daughter's ballet recital and has to bathe in oatmeal to help the itching. The kids are worried, but things pick up as he recuperates and all ends well.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY JOYCE on front end paper. Color illustrations by Joyce. Nice condition, some wear to dust jacket but mostly clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

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, Harper & Row , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Arnold Lobel. Dust jacket shows very minor wear. Hardbound. When Lucifer hears that Mother Crump is "meaner than the devil", he pays her a visit to find out himself. And sure enough, she out-deviled him! Even when she dies, and he won't let her into his domain, Mother Crump manages to best the devil one last time.

Hardcover. US, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight 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.

Hardcover. London, Duckwoth & Co., 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, hardcover. illustrated in B&W by Macdonald Gill. Weak hinges.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on title page.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st UK, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. A young male bear awakens in Spring to discover that his mother is gone, as is normal for adolescent males, and he must learn to survive on his own in the wilds. Handsomely color illustrated by the Caldecott winning author.. No dust jacket. Clean.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by the author. In almost new condition. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH TAN AND SHIELDS on the half-title page. On a rainy afternoon, a woman shares with three restless granddaughters her "earliest memory" from her childhood in China. Adapted from Tan's The Joy Luck Club , the haunting tale that unfolds is worthy of retelling--and of repeated rereading. The narrator, Ying-ying, recalls waking up at the age of seven on the morning of the Moon Festival; it was a steamy day, and "the sun drove rays through the bamboo curtains like knives." Filled with similarly vivid images, Tan's lilting text conveys Ying-ying's contagious excitement about the festivities. These include the appearance of the Moon Lady, who can fulfill one's secret wish. Later, celebrating with her family on a "floating teahouse," Ying-ying loses her balance and falls into the lake, where she is caught in a fisherman's net. He returns her to shore, where her secret wish is granted: she is found by her family, and thus learns a lesson about which kind of wishes come true. Tan has done a superb job of distilling this incident for young readers, who will be as mesmerized by the expressive narrative as by Schields's ornately detailed paintings, ablaze with luminous color.

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.