Vintage & Out-of-Print Children's Illustrated Books - pg. 46 including Tasha Tudor's Old-Fashioned Gifts: Presents and Favors for All Occasions by: Tasha Tudor; Linda Allen
Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright, unclipped dust jacket. 118 pages. "But, somehow, store-bought presents do not always convey the warmth we hope will accompany the gifts. The thoughts and feelings behind the giving, not the grandness of the gift, are the important ingredients." - Foreword. lncludes handmade craft ideas and recipes. Illustrations in color and b&w by Tasha Tudor. ALSO INCLUDED: A packet of related ephemera- cards, catalogs, articles and clippings, etc.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An illustrated version of the famous Christmas song. Small volume, 5.25 x 4.5". Like new.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Michael Hague's beautiful illustrations bring to life the wonder of a Christmas Tree. Small volume, 5.25 x 4.5". Like new.
Hardcover. Chicago, Haymarket Books, 1st US, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Two-color illustrations by Laura Barrett. Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction. GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians. GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favors luxury and living it up: eating, shopping and partying hard and so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids deep in the woods. With her trademark subversive and comic eye, Jeanette Winterson retells the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel.
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A collection of fairy folklore and folk tales, bibliography, glossary. Color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Richard Doyle, Edmund Dulac, William Blake, and George Cruikshank. Glossy illustrated boards. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Joliet IL, Volland, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan and beige pictorial boards with a brown cloth spine, 96 pages. Decorations and designs by Ellery Friend. Wilbur Dick Nesbit (1871-1927), also known by the pen name Josh Wink, was an American poet and humorist. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Company, 1st thus, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Jonathan Allen. A new edition of the nineteenth-century classic contains the original text and full-color illustrations, all in a individually slipcased volume. Clean copy.
Hardcover. LaJolla CA, Kane Miller, 1st US, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Julie Vivas. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue boards with color pictorial label on front cover. 36 pages with b&w sketches and drawings by Newberry. A charming story of the author's Persian cat and young son by a writer/artist who was very popular and loved cats. No dust jacket. bright. clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Victoria Chess. Five brief episodes in which Stanley Kane and his friends, the dog, pig and two cats, explore the use of their senses. INSCRIBED BY GOLDBERG on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket with a small chip, closed tear, Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A cat finds himself up a tree and won't come down until supper (in the form of a fisherman's catch) passes him by. A wordless picture book with amazing b&w drawings by Young. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original dark blue cloth with medieval style lettering and illustrated paste down to front board. All pages illustrated with "illuminated" style borders and illustrations in color and B/W. Illustrated endpapers of winged horses and children in pale blue and white. Eleven full page color illustrations, two half page color illustrations, and many B/W. 56 pages. Small name on half-title page, otherwise a clean, bright 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. Philadelpha, J. B. Lippincott, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 56 pages illustrated in color. Red cloth stamped in black with $1.50 on front dj flap. No date but appears to be the 1946 edition. Back flap of jacket advertises Sambo and the Twins with blurb describing this as "this new Little Black Sambo story". Child's name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Scribner & Welford, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. Illustrated throughout in color by Seeley. The history of the inhabitants of Brandon Hall is told from the planting of a mulberry tree brought to England by Sir Francis Drake until the reign of Queen Victoria. No date but appears to be the first American edition. Originally published in London in 1881. Very nice copy, bright and clean.
Hardcover. NY, New York Review of Books, reprint, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 48 pages illustrated in color by Quentin Blake. A nice reprint of the 1986 title first published in England. Clean copy. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, written for young readers. Art by Diane Stanley. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, John Day Company, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in two-colors by William Arthur Smith. SIGNED BY BUCK on the title page. Originally published 1n 1942, this is the 17th printing and was most likely signed in 1969 by Buck in Danby, Vermont, where she lived in her later years. Bright, clean copy, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket. Ex-lib with light stamping to endpapers. Illustrated in 3-colors by Flora. No First Edition statement on copyright page, no other printings stated.
Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Winter brings out the snowball-throwing worst and snowman-building best in Leo, Zack and Emmie as they argue about the existence of Santa Claus and catch chicken pox one by one. But no amount of snowballs and spots on their faces can come between friends. Bookplate on front fly leaf, no markings.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A trio of misbehaving, mango-loving monkeys have a close call as the author/artist gives readers a taste of vicarious adventure. Three little monkeys and their big monkey are sitting high on a branch in the forest canopy. "OK, monkeys! I'm off," says the big monkey. "Remember . . . Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there." Brilliantly designed storybook by the award-winning Haughton. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with a maroon and gilt design on cover and spine. Tales and studies of outdoor life, hunting, fishing, living in the wilderness, etc. Profusely illustrated with wonderful engravings by the Harper stable of artists: Shepard, W.A. Rogers, Rinehart, Abbey, others. No date on title page so assumed an early reprint. No markings but the rear cover is badly scuffed, light corner wear to corners. Rear endpapers soiled. The interior of the book is tight and clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Preston and his wife, Ruth, own Ellington Lodge. Preston is a checkers-playing fiend and is known around the neighborhood as the greatest checkers player in the world. When a small dog named Marley shows up at Ellington Lodge, Preston at first thinks he's harmless, and Ruth is delighted because Marley helps out with chores that Preston has no time for, due to his checkers games. Ever-helpful Marley soon seems to cast a spell over everyone at the lodge with his cooking talent, amazing storytelling, speed painting, and magic tricks. Color art by Egan. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, book is clean.
Hardcover. White Plains NY, Peter Pauper Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Soothe little ones' nighttime fears with this unique bedtime book! Shine the beam of a light (not included) through the page ''windows'' to cast pictures on the wall as you read with your child. It's a fun and comforting way to end the day and experience a book together. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: For best results, use this shadow book with a small, single-bulb light source. A small pen light, other single-LED light, or the light on the back of a smartphone is recommended. Multi-LED flashlights are not recommended. If you have trouble getting a clear image, try moving your light closer to or farther away from the page. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. View Brooklyn's famous past and present landmarks--including the Prospect Park Carousel, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge--in this lively pop-up book. Brooklyn Pops Up" celebrates the diverse borough of Brooklyn with 8 pop-ups by the world's best illustrators and paper engineers. In this dimensional tour of Brooklyn icons you will find Brooklyn Children by Maurice Sendak * Brooklyn Brownstones by David A. Carter and Tor Lokvig * Grand Army Plaza & Brooklyn Public Library by Bruce Foster * Brooklyn Museum of Art & Brooklyn Children's Museum by Robert Sabuda * Brooklyn Botanic Garden by Ken Wilson-Max and Keith Finch * Prospect Park & the Carousel by Biruta Akerbergs Hansen * Brooklyn Bridge by Iain Smyth * Flavors of Brooklyn by Kees Moerbeek and Carla Dijs * Coney Island by Chuck Murphy.
Hardcover. San Diedo CA, Silver Dolphin, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Children and parents will love this cleverly crafted interactive adventure. Kids get to turn flaps to reveal pop-up surprises on every page; which ends with an entire pop-up scene. When Winnie Wolf Cub finds a feather in the forest, she is determined to find its owner as well. She meets a lot of new friends in her search, but no one with a black and white feather. Will she ever find its owner? Lift the flaps that appear throughout this pop-up adventure and see! Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Beautifully illustrated scenes from the world's jungles teem with hidden life. Can you spot the wonderful selection of camouflaged creatures? Test your powers of observation to find the answers and more information about them. Includes intricate die-cut gatefolds. John Norris Wood is a renowned wildlife artist who has exhibited at London's Royal Academy of Arts, Natural History Museum, and Victoria and Albert Museum. He lives on his own nature reserve in England with his boa constrictor.
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. Bedford MA, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 22 pages, pictorial boards. 3 pop-up pictures help illustrated the story of "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship". Reprint of the 1935 edition with artwork by Dick Calkins who did the original comic strip. Clean, like new.
Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. The book opens up to a 'pop-up' of a goliath beetle (paper engineering by James Diaz), illustrated by Wendy Smith-Griswold, and then opens on either side, again with pop-ups and sliders. A book on Beetles, in a three-dimensional and 'pop-up' format for children, discussing the life cycle and lives of the insects. All in great shape, clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. A large pop-up of Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, along with booklet telling a history of the historic stadium. Illustrations by Bill Purdom and paper engineering by Rick Morrison. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Playmore Publishers, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards with 4 pop-up spreads. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. All pop-outs work fine. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards. Big, dynamic pop-ups bring to life such legendary prehistoric creatures as the saber-toothed tiger and the woolly mammoth, as well as a number of lesser-known beasts. Each of the seven bold and dramatic spreads includes clear and informative descriptions of each animal. Paper engineering by Ruth Mawdsley. Clean working copy.
Hardcover. Templar, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Wonderfully quirky illustrations in color by the Australian artist. An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one's fears. When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Elmore is a porcupine desperate to make friends. But it is hard to seek closeness with others when you're covered with spikes that shoot off your back every so often. Elmore suffers rejection and heartbreak, but the goodness of his forest community ultimately shines through as the animals find a way to connect with this prickly bundle of love. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser. Clean copy.
NY, Walker Childrens, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY KIMBLE opposite the title page. Warren Kimble, America's foremost contemporary folk artist, lets his favorite cats out of the bag in his first picture book for the very young. From fat cats to clean cats to curious cats, these clever word pairs capture familiar feline behavior and attitudes in all their quirky glory. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 56 pages, illustrated in color by David Roberts. A tyrannical teacher gets her just due in a delightfully subversive, outrageously funny tale by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman. Miss Breakbone hates kids. Especially the time-squandering, mindwandering, doodling, dozing dunderheads in her class. But when she confiscates Junkyard's crucial find, she finally goes too far. Enter Wheels (and his souped-up bike with forty-eight extra gears), Pencil (who can draw anything from memory), Spider (look up and you'll find him), and their fellow misfits in a spectacular display of teamwork aimed at teaching Miss Breakbone a lesson she won't soon forget. Roberts' drawings are hilariously appropriate. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. View Brooklyn's famous past and present landmarks--including the Prospect Park Carousel, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge--in this lively pop-up book. Brooklyn Pops Up" celebrates the diverse borough of Brooklyn with 8 pop-ups by the world's best illustrators and paper engineers. In this dimensional tour of Brooklyn icons you will find Brooklyn Children by Maurice Sendak * Brooklyn Brownstones by David A. Carter and Tor Lokvig * Grand Army Plaza & Brooklyn Public Library by Bruce Foster * Brooklyn Museum of Art & Brooklyn Children's Museum by Robert Sabuda * Brooklyn Botanic Garden by Ken Wilson-Max and Keith Finch * Prospect Park & the Carousel by Biruta Akerbergs Hansen * Brooklyn Bridge by Iain Smyth * Flavors of Brooklyn by Kees Moerbeek and Carla Dijs * Coney Island by Chuck Murphy. Remainder line through ISBN number on rear cover, otherwise clean, in excellent working order.
Hardcover. NY, HarperFestival, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. 13 pages. Paper-engineered with all lift-flaps undamaged. A romp among spooky friends on the way to finding Dracula on his birthday. Color illustrations by Jonathan Lambert. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Co, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. It is 1897. As Teddy Roosevelt breaks camp on the western plains, an elk calf is born in the Olympic Mountains. Nearby, a great bull sharpens his antlers, bobwhites call from the sage grass, and a waterfall glitters in the sunlight. In the coming year, the calf will learn much about survival. It will also be a year of enlightenment for Teddy Roosevelt. Soon to become one of the most beloved leaders of the United States, Roosevelt will take steps to conserve the wild places and animals of America so that future generations may enjoy them, too. Clean copy, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Front of dust jacket is cut out and glued onto title-page. Nicely done. Blue cloth covers with mild shelf wear. Translated from Russian by Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Nice color illustrations by Vera Bock. No markings.
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, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with gilt and dark green design. Being the Histories of a Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves and a Reindeer and in Elucidation of the Same. With over 200 drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. 363 pages. Stated First Printing on copyright page. A very good plus copy with some fading to the spine but internally a clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, 1st UK, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, peach-color cloth stamped with a red and blue illustration of the little prince being lifted by his bird kite. This is the First UK Edition, so stated on the copyright page. The US edition was published the year before in 1943. 89 pages illustrated in color by the author. Light fading to red lettering on spine, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped with orange lettering. 64 pages of b&w photos of kittens at play by Spillman, words by Paul Dehn. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 32 pages illustrated in a color cartoon style by David Goldin. INSCRIBED BY GOLDIN with a sketch of the cat and himself. In this ironic tale of beauty and the beholder, an anxious owner creates a flattering portrait of his missing cat, while the pet's rescuer takes an opposing view. As the owner races around town hanging "Lost Cat" posters, exclamation points of sweat shooting off his brow, he remarks that his affectionate pet "Loves to eat./ Shares your seat./ Snuggles tight around your feet." He doesn't know the cat has taken up residence at-where else?-"Le Cafe Chat Perdu," whose proprietor is at wits' end. "Swiped my dinner./ Knocked me flat./ Someone please/ COME GET THIS CAT!" . Funny stuff. Clean copy, no dust jacket.
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