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

Hardcover. New York, Collins, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's markings on page 9. Dust jacket has moderate soil and fading. Cover boards clean. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Seven Stories Press, 1st, 2016, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Bestselling author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, Where Do They Go? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers might have about what happens to those they love after they die. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 2nd, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED WITH SKETCH BY ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR with a color drawing of a lamb by Morgan on the front fly leaf. After her grandmother dies, a little Tuscan girl cannot stand the sound of bells until the good-hearted schoolmaster introduces her to some belled lambs. Morgan's bright, folksy illustrations evince a hearty rusticity perfectly suited to the sweet and compassionate story. Small tear to dj at top of spine, otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday , Reprint, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth covers with intact full color pastedown to front, and cover and spine titles in black. A new translation by V. S. Vernon-Jones with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, and 13 full color tissue guarded plates and many black & white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 116 pages. The third book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan. Anna has done something terrible. She has given Caleb a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna says as she hands him her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. That is, before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn, and everything changes.

Hardcover. NY, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED with a little sketch of a badger by Begin.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1951, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper-covered boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Florence Sarah Winship. (A Tell-A-Tale Book) The subject is a fire truck. Covers are chipped, worn at edges, fragile condition.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.

Hardcover. London/NY, Thames & Hudson, reprint, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Originally published in Sweden in 1953. 24 pages illustrated in color by Poul Stroyer. The most maddening crow in world history is out to cause trouble! He can't resist the farmer's cherries - and one day he gets caught. The farmer tries to punish the crow with hard labor, but the crow only causes a lot of bother. Then the farmer tries to sell the crow at the market, but who wants to buy a troublesome crow? Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. From Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) comes a brand-new collection of rhyming stories about frogs and toads. Discovered by his daughter, Adrianne Lobel, The Frogs and Toads All Sang has the same warmth, compassion, and humor that is found in his best-loved work. Brimming with sweet silliness, this new book reminds us why Arnold Lobel's characters continue to be so popular years after debut.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 3-color illustrations by Ralph Carpentier. A Science I CAN READ Book. A little herring fish, lost from her school, searches all day before finding another just like it. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. A macabre fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by renowned photographer Cindy Sherman.

Hardcover. NY, Random House/ Beginner Books, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with minor wear to spine and corners, chip to rear panel at bottom. Pictorial glossy boards. Contents tight and unmarked. $1.95 price on dust jacket flap. Color illustrations by the Berenstains. An early printing of their first book, but back of dj has their second book listed (The Bike Lesson) so not a true 1st printing.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. First published in 1916, this handsome new edition of a much-loved classic features all twelve of John R. Neill's original color plates as well as his nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. NY, Flying Dolphin Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color drawings by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jerry Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, BC Ed., nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in 3-colors by William Lipkind and Nicholas Mordbinoff. NOT ex-library. Weekly Reader edition. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated glazed boards, 62 pages illustrated in color by Hoff. Clean, bright copy .

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by Vladimir Vagin. While poking about in the attic, Marvin and Joey discover old letters written by their great-great uncles, Henry and Timothy, whose correspondence with each other reveals to the youngsters the truths about being different and being brothers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Pied Piper, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by author. Clean, tight copy with minor to moderate wear on dust jacket spine.

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, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy. Color illustrations by Gerrard. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books or Young Readers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KELLOGG WITH ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Tight copy. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

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, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 36 pages with color art by Ati Forberg. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover, no dust jacket in slip case. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld.

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. San Diego/NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, reprint, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards illustrated in 3-colos throughout. Ex-library but fairly clean with light stamp to front fly leaf and envelope residue to inside rear cover. First published in 1951 and a winner of a Caldecott Medal.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1st, 1939, 63 pages. Small hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipped cover boards. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st this Ed., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A reproduction from an 1895 ed. by Ernest Nister. No dj issued. Five pop-up in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A woman tells her grandchildren about an ugly hat she once had as a young girl and what happened when she accidentally lost it. In soft pencil and watercolor, Milne's art nicely evokes the South African setting in its many details, including Papa's general store. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrated boards with a edgeworn dust jacket that matches the boards. 12 color and numerous b&w illustrations by Virginia Albert. Small blue stain to edge of last 10 pages, not affecting text or pictures. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, William R. Scott, 1st , 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 2-color illustrations by Symeon Shimin. 44 pages. Covers with light discoloration, fade otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton Children's Books, BC Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Paul Zelinsky. Caldecott Winner for 1998. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co, reprint, unk., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white by Randolph Caldecott. Dust jacket has minor wear. No. 1.

Hardcover. NY, Bluesky/Scholastic, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Rylant. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Discover the unlikely--and entirely unforgettable--friendship between Flora, an elephant calf stolen from her African home, and David, the circus impresario and magician who adopts, trains, and ultimately liberates her, in this tale freely inspired by actual events.With a minimum of language--only 22 words in all--but a maximum of inventive ele-fantabulous wordplay, Jane Yolen deftly re-imagines this initially tentative but ultimately unconditional relationship between a man and an elephant. Brett Helquist not only lovingly illuminates the tale with all the excitement and tension, mystery and color of a vintage circus poster but also fully captures the subtle range of emotions of a remarkable and enduring ele-friendship. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jozef Wilkon. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Dial, 2nd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illust. by James Marshall. 64 pages. Small crayon scribble to rear end paper otherwise clean. No dust jacket issued, glazed cardboard covers.

Hardcover. NY, Skyhorse, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a board book. 24 pages with color illustrations by Jon Apple. A very hungry zombie eats his way through a variety of his favorite foods, including clowns, astronauts, rock stars, fingers, and brains. With vivid, playful art and amusing text, The Very Hungry Zombie will appeal to picture-book lovers of all ages. Adults will catch its slightly demented humor. Older kids who grew up on classic board books will love the fun of the parody. And because the art leans toward humor rather than truly graphic grossness, a new generation of little ones may just grow up loving a creepy zombie whose gluttony earns him a bellyache. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Green cloth covers with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, color illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with lovely color plates. Small clipped color illustrated article from unknown publication on Maurice Sendak included. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, very faint small brown stain to bottom right front corner of dust jacket, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Award sticker on dust jacket front. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow , 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in worn beige cloth covers with dark brown lettering and drawing on front cover, no dust jacket. Charming story of helpful snake named Amanda illustrated with color illustrations and drawings in red by the author. Wolo, whose given name was Wolff Erhardt Anton George Trutzschuler von Falkenstein, was a puppeteer, author, illustrator, and caricaturist. AMANDA is one of five children's books he authored and illustrated for William Morrow and Company. Covers with light soiling, some paper peeling. Inside is clean.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustration in color by R. Gregory Christie. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrated in color by Goode and SIGNED BY GOODE on title- page.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Z. Walck, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black lettering on spine, pasted label on front cover. unpaginated, 12 color illustrations by Tasha Tudor. Assumed first edition with 1950 on title page, 1950 on copyright page, no other printings noted. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Lillian Hoban. Clean, tight copy.

hardcover. NY, American Heritage Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Color illusat. by Masha. Light musty odor to book. Dust jacket with light wear, soil to rear panel.

Hardcover. NY, Sterling, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, 12 pages with 6 pop-up spreads. Call me Ishmael." Three of the most famous words in all literature, they begin Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick. Now, the epic saga of Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for the white whale comes vividly to life in this three-dimensional graphic novel, the first of its kind. This phenomenal work is the creation of multi-talented artist Sam Ita, apprentice to Robert Sabuda, one of the world's master paper engineers. Every amazing element is awe-inspiring: there's not just one pop-up per spread, but several, surrounded by colorful comic book-style panels that convey the story's drama. Some of the pops-ups are huge and incredibly detailed, like the Pequod itself, which rises gloriously from the page, complete with rigging. Others, smaller but no less wonderful, hide beneath flaps and folds. In one instance, readers actually get to look through a 3-D periscope and see Ishmael through the lens, drifting in the ocean. Clean copy w/o any flaws to paper.