Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston,, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Eric Carle. Ex-library with stamping and residue to endpapers and title page.
Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Illustrated in 3-colors by Harry Devlin. Gazing at the huge old oak tree next to his house, a boy speculates on what a great tree hoouse could be built there. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Benefic Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth with Squeaky on front cover. Illustrations in 3-colors by Edward Miller. Clean copy. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in colors by Giulio Maestro. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Bright, clean copy. Story about a duck and bear who are faced with a new neighbor, a chipmunk. Can they all be friends?
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive cloth with illustration of frog standing on his head on cover. two-color illustrations throughout by Wallace Tripp. Convinced he will never master the proper frog sounds, a young frog goes off to the woods where he meets a young owl in a similar predicament. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Kokoko the hen announces she will keep house when Labourd, the old peasant, and his family leave the farmhouse but the hen and her animal friends find housekeeping harder then they thought. Illustrated in two-colors by Emma Brock. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean. Nice reprint of a book first published in 1933.
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, Viking Press, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, mustard cloth covers. Delightul two color illustrations on every page by Daugherty. Winner of a Caldecott Honor Award when it first appeared in 1939, a picture book with simple text about young farmboy Andy, who went to the library to get a book about lions only to meet one that escaped from a circus and befriends him. Blank label on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Garden City NY, Garden City Publishing, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Copyright 1948 by James and Jonathan. Oversize hardback story/picture book measures about 9 by 11 1/4 inches. Story of Slappy, a duckling who runs away from home to discover the world. Clean copy of a fragile book. Fragments of dust jacket laid in.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 52 pages illustrated in b&w by Erik Blegvad. Weekly Reader Edition. Dusty Hopkins was worried because it looked like he wouldn't be able to attend the Old-timer's picnic, all because of an argument his Pa and Mr. Folly had about who played the best fiddle. A delightful Miska Miles children's tale of little Dusty Hopkins, his friend Viola Folly and how they manage to resolve a silly feud involving the pride of their families and neighbors. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 32 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Duvoisin. Veronica is bored on Mr. Pumpkin's farm, but it turns out there is plenty to do, and adventures to be had. Library bindindg NOT ex-lib. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with light blue lettering. 72 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Oscar Fabres who also decorated the endpapers. Spine cloth faded, interior clean.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2nd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with small tape repair. Caldecott Honor stickeron front. 32 pages illustrated in color by Peter Parnell. Simple text and illustrations describe the characteristics of the desert and its plant, animal, and human life.
Hardcover. Chicago, American Colortype Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 96 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Dorothy Wagstaff. 22 short stories of a stereotypical black boy done in the style of the time. Chipping and wear to paper on the covers, interior clean, solid binding.
Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Kellogg. INSCRIBED BY KELLOGG WITH A TADPOLE SKETCH on the front fly leaf. Otherwise clean, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribners Sons, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow pictorial cloth, illustrated in color by Kahl. A boy named Christopher sets off from his village to find real giants. Weekly Reader Edition. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by the author. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Crawford. A man acquires a hat that grants his every wish. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 1st thus, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Two titles reprinted and combined in one book. Little Peewee illustrated by J.P. Miller, Sylvester illustrated by N.M. Bodecker. Name on title page otherwise clean. Weekly Reader Edition.
Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers. 48 pages illustrated in color by Anne Rockwell. Minor wear to cover at edge of spine. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Champaign IL, Garrard Pub. Co , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial yellow cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Tom Eaton. Kara Kangaroo tries several cures for sleep-jumping until she finally devises a method to weight herself down. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Cresta House, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards in color, 24 full page color illustrations by Angi Petrescu Tiparescu with the story printed in black on half-size sturdy yellow paper & bound in the center of the book. Printed in Romania. No date but appears to be 1970s. Clean 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, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. For families, art lovers, and history buffs alike, Leonard S. Marcus's visual history tour of 100 years of children's book illustration gathers in one glorious volume the posters of the annual Children's Book Week. Featuring work from early luminaries such as N. C. Wyeth and Marcia Brown to more contemporary illustrators like David Wiesner, Mary GrandPre, Christian Robinson, and Jillian Tamaki, this beautiful collection showcases the conceptual and iconic images that have defined children's books for generations of young readers. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Searching for the perfect wife who will help him clean up his act as well as his filthy home, the untidy Hoover falls in love with and marries Elektra, a vivacious vacuum cleaner, who runs away with a lawnmower during their honeymoon. Color illustrations by Small.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Searching for the perfect wife who will help him clean up his act as well as his filthy home, the untidy Hoover falls in love with and marries Elektra, a vivacious vacuum cleaner, who runs away with a lawnmower during their honeymoon. Color illustrations by Small.
Hardcover. Sydney AU, John Sands, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 43 pages with 9 full page color illustrations and others in the text by Margaret Senior. A story about an animal not only a favorite of Australians but one of the world's best loved furry creatures - Koala's have two thumbs, all the better to hold on high in the gum trees. Mild soil to covers, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Dunreath Publishing, 2nd Ed., 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth, lightly soiled, stamped in dark blue with a decorative cover. 80 pages with charming line drawings by George W. Bardwell. The story follows the exploits of a band of elves as they search for the world's most picturesque location. The elves face many difficulties and impediments on their voyage, but they keep going for their goal. They pick up valuable lessons about cooperation, tenacity, and the wonders of nature along the way. Hinge cracked at title page, book a little shaken but holding, clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with yellow cloth spine, 344 pages. Undated, circa 1900 with name and 1902 date on front fly leaf. Well kept copy generously illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Mild edgewear to boards. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Robins are the most familiar and beloved of all birds, found throughout North America and celebrated as one of the first signs of spring. But there's a lot about them that most people don't know! In this visually stunning picture book that features comic-book panels combined with painterly illustrations, Eileen Christelow tells the story of two young robins' first year, and reveals plenty of little-known facts that are sure to captivate young naturalists. Narrated with humor and filled with kid-pleasing details, this fascinating account of how robins grow up includes an Author's Note, Glossary, More About Robins, and Sources. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. n Cooper's flowing prose and stunning watercolor scenes, readers can follow a traveler's trek down the Hudson River as she and her canoe explore the wildlife, flora and fauna, and urban landscape at the river's edge. Through perilous weather and river rushes, the canoe and her captain survive and maneuver their way down the river back home. River is an outstanding introduction to seeing the world through the eyes of a young explorer and a great picture book. Maps and information about the Hudson River and famous landmarks are included in the back of the book.
Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that features glitter in the snow. Ride along with a girl, a boy, their pony, and a mischievous dog as they travel to Grandma's house. With playful animals in their path, their journey gets a bit sidetracked. But soon enough they arrive at Grandma's--where an unexpected visitor fills them with holiday cheer!
Hardcover. NY, Little, Brown, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Offers a rare and intimate look into the childhood of the legendary Keith Richards through this poignant and inspiring story that is lovingly illustrated with Theodora Richards's exquisite pen-and-ink collages. This unique autobiographical picture book honours the special bond between a grandfather and grandson and celebrates the artistic talents of the Richards family through the generations. It also includes selected photographs from the Richards family collection and an exclusive audio CD featuring bonus content.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, Floris Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Emily wants to help her mama by watching Daisy the cow so she doesn't escape out the hole in her fence. On the way to the meadow, Emily meets a big dog, a boastful boy and an old man. But who will help Emily when she needs it? This is a delightful springtime story for young children about kindness and helping others from the world-renowned Swedish author--illustrator Elsa Beskow.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Dramatic true story (in picture book format) of how one determined woman helped saved the Basra (a port city) Central Library's books during the invasion of Iraq. 30,000 books saved by librarian Alia Muhammad Baker.
Hardcover. Candlewick, 3rd pr, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 52 pages illustrated in color by Alison Friend. Maggie wants a pony to ride and take care of, and to prepare she's been reading a big book on horse care. Meanwhile, Bramble is bored with giving riding lessons and walking in circles. She's looking for just the right person to take her away from her routine. Is it a perfect match? Maggie loves Bramble as soon as she sees her, but there are some things Bramble has to be sure of. Will Maggie let Bramble venture into new places? Will she protect Bramble from strange objects in the yard? Will she, most importantly, know when Bramble needs her undivided attention? This charming and funny early reader is an ideal match for young animal lovers and anyone who has ever longed for a friend who truly understands. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. "Once upon a time, in fact it was Tuesday," the Bear went into the woods to settle in for his long winter nap. But when he awoke what had happened? The trees were gone, the grass was gone, the flowers were gone, and in their place were buildings, cars, a fenced-off courtyard. The Bear had no idea that he was in the middle of a factory. "Get back to work!" a man yelled out of the blue. "I don't work here," said the Bear, "I'm a bear." The man laughed and laughed. "Fine excuse for a man to keep from doing any work--saying he's a bear." And so it began and so it went, with the Bear protesting his bearness all the way from the Third Vice President to the First, and no one willing to believe that he wasn't just a silly man in a fur coat who needed a shave. How the bear endured and how he finally prevailed are the subject of this delightful modern fairy tale--beautifully illustrated with the author's inventive line drawings--about sticking up for yourself, no matter how many Foremen, General Managers, Vice Presidents, or even Company Presidents stand in your way. Reprint of this classic originally published in 1946.
Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Tricycle Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The Tooth Fairy has some competition. Meet El Raton Perez, the charming and adventurous mouse who collects children's teeth in Spain and Latin America. When both the Tooth Fairy and El Raton Perez arrive to claim Miguelito's tooth, sparks fly under the Mexican-American boy's pillow. Who will rightfully claim his tooth? This magical tale introduces a legendary Latino character to a new audience and provides a fresh take on the familiar childhood experience of losing one's tooth. Lovely color illustrations by Tom Lintern. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY KURTZ on the title page with the admonishment to "Tell your stories!" Gorgeous color illustrations by E.B. Lewis. As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong-in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father's love for his family be enough to bridge these two worlds and bring him back to her? A powerful portrait of a contemporary American immigrant family from a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning artist portrays a heartwarming father-daughter relationship. Clean copy.
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, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Stated first edition.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Protected from the perilous world outside by being imprisoned in her tower room, Roselupin, who is tired of being locked away, receives a strange birthday present on her seventh birthday that helps her escape into the woods, where she yells, dances, and terrifies the kingdom folk! Color illustrations by the author.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. While Tia Isa wants to save money for a car that will take the whole family to the beach, her niece does odd jobs for neighbors. But it's hard to save enough when half the money is set aside to someday bring family members who live far away to join them. Meg Medina's simple, genuine story about keeping in mind those who are far away is written in lovely, lyrical prose and brought to life through Claudio Munoz's charming characters.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 3rd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 96 pages. A collection of b&w cartoons featuring the intrepid young horsewoman. Based on a series which ran in London's Sunday Express. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott Medal, (with printed image of medal on dj) an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977. In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the grandeur of the terrifying flood but also the lighter moments: Noah's wife jumping on a crate to avoid the rats; Noah shooing all but two bees from a busy hive; and all the animal babies being born in the spring. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, North-South Books, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, unpaginated, color illustrations by Tomek Bogacki. Sticker residue on front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy. When a storm destroys his island home, a kindly giant goes out into the world and finds it a very unfriendly place.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 25th Anniversary Edition. Unpaginated, color illustrations by the author. Light edge wear to dust jacket, small tear to top of spine. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. From The Tale of Rabbit (1901) to Last Stop on Market Street (2015), each of the one hundred books is presented with fascinating stories of its publication history and biographies of the creators. On the facing page, a cover and inside spread will bring back memories of the time when, sitting in a classroom or on a lap, someone read you a book and opened up your world. A sumptuous celebration of 100 best-loved and acclaimed picture books-ones you'll remember and new gems to discover.
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Vintage & Collectible Children's Picture Books
This section brings together used, rare and out-of-print children's illustrated books, where the artwork matters as much as the story. Expect picture books, illustrated readers and treasuries from a range of decades and artists, such as W.W. Denslow's Denslow's Picture Book Treasury and Emily Arnold McCully's Crossing the New Bridge.
You will also find storybook favorites like Jan Wahl's A Gift for Miss Milo, Randall Jarrell's Fly by Night and Philippe Dumas's Caesar: Cock of the Village. Many titles are earlier printings or hard-to-find editions prized for their plates, endpapers and jacket art, and are described down to their condition and binding.
As with all used and rare stock, condition and availability differ between copies. Most are single copies, so order online while yours is listed.
 "The Scarecrow Clock by: George Mendoza/Eric Carle")
 "The Wonderful Tree House by: Longman, Harold/Harry Devlin")
 "Squeaky, the Squirrel (Animal Adventure Series) by: Gene Darby/Edward Miller")
 "Two is Company by: Judy Delton/Giulio Maestro")
 "Brave Brush-tail Possum by: Diane Redfield Massie")
 "The Voices of Greenwillow Pond by: Carolyn Lane, Illustrator: Wallace Tripp")
 "The Hen That Kept House by: Emma L. Brock")
 "The Tallest Tree by: George Overlie")
 "Andy and the Lion by: James Daugherty")
 "Slappy by: Church, Elsie/Taylor, Cathryn illustrator")
 "Dusty & The Fiddlers by: Miles, Miska/Erik Blegvad")
 "Veronica's Smile by: Roger Duvoisin")
 "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by: Eugen Sharin & Oscar Fabres")
 "The Desert is Theirs by: Baylor, Byrd/Peter Parnall")
 "Stories of Little Brown Koko by: Hunt, Blanch Seale and Dorothy Wagstaff (illus.)")
 "The Mysterious Tadpole (INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING) by: Steven Kellogg")
 "Giants, Indeed! by: Virginia Kahl")
 "Little PeeWee or, Now Open the Box and Sylvester the Mouse with the Musical Ear (2 Books in One) by: Dorothy Kunhardt/ Adelaide Holl")
 "The Stoneman by: Angi Petrescu Tiparescu")
 "100 Years of Children's Book Week Posters by: Leonard S. Marcus")
 "Hoover's Bride by: Small, David")
 "Hoover's Bride by: Small, David")
 "Two Thumbs the Story of a Koala by: Leslie Rees")
 "Old Stories from Denmark by: Poul Lundsgaard / Illustrator")
 "The Little Elves Seeking The Beautiful World: A Book For Children by: Hamilton, Warner Lucy")
 "Round About Europe: The Adventures of a Party of Young Americans in a Journey Through Europe to Constantinople by: McCabe, James D.")
 "Robins!: How They Grow Up by: Christelow, Eileen")
 "River by: Elisha Cooper")
 "Jingle Bells by: Susan Jeffers")
 "Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar (WITH CD) by: Richards, Keith")
 "Emily and Daisy by: Beskow, Elsa")
 "The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by: Winter, Jeanette")
 "Bramble and Maggie: Horse Meets Girl by: Haas, Jessie/Friend, Alison")
 "The Bear That Wasn't by: Tashlin, Frank")
 "The Tooth Fairy Meets el Raton P?©rez by: Lainez, Rene Colato/Illustrator: Lintern, Tom")
 "Faraway Home (SIGNED COPY) by: Jane Kurtz/ Illustrator E. B. Lewis")
 "Elephant Prince: The Story of Ganesh by: Novesky, Amy/Wedman, Belgin K.")
 "Cunning Little Vixen, The by: Tesnohlidek/Maurice Sendak, Rudolf")
 "The Red Wolf by: Shannon, Margaret")
 "Tia Isa Wants a Car by: Meg Medina (author), Claudio Munoz (illustrator)")
 "Penelope by: Thelwell, Norman")
 "Noah's Ark by: Spier, Peter")
 "The Giant From the Little Island by: Walter Kreye/ Illustrator: Tomek Bogacki")
 "Where the Wild Things Are by: Sendak, Maurice")
 "A Shimmer of Joy: One Hundred Children's Picture Books by: Chris Loker")