Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Color art by Haley. Discover how an African trickster god made it possible for people to tell stories in this brightly illustrated, Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. Long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet-who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy-whom-men-never-see. Can Ananse capture these sly creatures and give the children of earth stories to tell? No dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, BC Ed., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color art by Keats. Archie's cat is missing the day of the pet show - but all turns out well in the end. Vibrant, full-color illustrations fill every page. Oblong format, unpaginated. Clean book club edition.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, three-color art by author. Benjy, a small dog takes a surprise boat trip and meets an angry ship's cat. Clean. Book Club Edition, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color illustrations by Marc Simont. A variety of hats afford Martin many adventures. Clean copy, book club edition, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, cartoon illustrations by Syd Hoff. Light soiling to covers. Book Club edition, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, pictorial boards, 54 pages illustrated in lovely watercolors by the Danish artist Johannes Larsen. Commemorating,the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen on April 2nd, 1805. Translated by R. P. Keigwin. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury USA, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to edges. A tight copy. Color illustrations throughout by Roz Chast
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, Barrons /Woodbury, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. A young crow forms a friendship with a caged parrot and sets him free. Color illustrations by Yutaka Sugita. Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 223 pages. On the day of his eighteenth birthday, midshipman cadet Chuck Dugan receives a startling letter, including a treasure map drawn by his late father and news that his mother is about to marry a rogue and scoundrel known as "the Admiral." When the Admiral warns Chuck away from his mother, and the Admiral's sons attack the young cadet, Chuck leaps into action, going AWOL from duty to stop the wedding and find the treasure. So begins this delightful illustrated novel and the thrilling adventures of Chuck Dugan heroic, resourceful, a great swimmer, and master of disguise. In each cliffhanging chapter, Chuck must grapple with a new set of dangers, from sunken ships and buccaneers to survival on open water and a final race to the treasure ahead of the Admiral and his boys. Illuminated throughout with detailed maps of places, people, and things Chuck encounters along the way, and written with an electric sense of derring-do and whimsy, Eric Chase Anderson creates a totally original and captivating hero, and a swashbuckling adventure story for all ages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Neal Porter/Holiday House, 1st, 2019, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by the author. It can be a little scary to be small in a big city, but this child has some good advice for a very special friend in need.Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer! A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year. The first book both written and illustrated by award-winning artist Sydney Smith spins a quiet, contemplative tale about seeing a big world through little eyes. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 4th pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, color art by Hills. Learn to read with this New York Times bestselling picture book, starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird. Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own! Clean copy, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.
Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 2nd pr., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover board book with 5 colorful interactive spreads. Featuring brilliant hands-on lessons for curious readers who are preparing for Pre-K, this oversized busy book lets little ones discover, learn, and play with first concept surprises. Includes a memory game with simple shapes hidden under flaps and introduces colors, counting, clocks, and more. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 5th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glazed boards with a die-cut cover. Tails are irresistible to toddlers -- though most are beyond the reach of small hands. But now there's reason for tail fans everywhere to rejoice: a colorful collection of tails created just for those eager toddlers to tug, pat, and even scratch and sniff! Matthew Van Fleet's lovable menagerie features furry tails, spiny tails, shiny tails, and tails that wag -- all designed to inspire and withstand hours of interactive play. While pulling tabs and opening gatefolds, those tail tuggers can also learn to count from one to ten. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Hardcover board book illustrated by Marla Frezee. Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They're kissed and dressed and rocked and fed and completely adored by families that love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, this book is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and, of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best. Clean copy. No "Baby on Board" window cling. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, reprints, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five hardcover books, all pictorial cloth Weekly Reader Book Club editions. Various dates, all illustrated in color by Seymour Fleishman. Clean copies.
Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, 5th pr., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages in color by Erickson. Light wear to text pages at top corner. A lost puppy gets directions from various animals to find his way home. A Follett Beginning-to-Read Book. Small note on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color art by the Mattinsons based on the animated TV show.
Hardcover. NY, Golden Book/Western Publishing, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated by Scarry. Harry and Larry go fishing for the Cat family's dinner, but all they catch is trouble. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated throughout by Hoff in color. Without publisher's zip code on copyright page, so an early printing. Name on blank prelim page otherwise clean. Not a book club.
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, Harper & Row , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in color by Kessler. When the animals in the woods decide to hold the first All-Animal Olympic Games a series of humorous events follow. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 30 pages illustrated in color by Wiseman. Someone is stealing Sam Squirrel's nuts. Bloodhound Detective is on the case. Cute juvenile mystery told in rhyme. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in lightly worn pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in color by Lopshire. A tale of two competitive lizards trying to outdo each other. An I CAN READ Book. Clean, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. 20 pages illustrated in color. Casper, the Friendly Ghost and Wendy, the Good Little Witch starred in animated cartoons in the 1950s. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Palazzo Editions, reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 209 pages. Illustrated in color by Robert Ingpen. The 1926 translation is by Carol Della Chiesa. Award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen captures the rascally Pinocchio and his extraordinary escapades as never before, breathing new excitement into this enchanting classic. The tale of how the old woodcarver Geppetto made a disobedient puppet boy that could talk, dance and turn somersaults has been a much-loved story since it was first written more than 130 years ago. The Adventures of Pinocchio first appeared in 1881 as a series in a children's newspaper. Since then, readers young and old have delighted in Collodi's fantastic fairy-tale world, in which anything can happen and excitement waits round every corner. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color art by Jon Muth. Here is the rare book that not only expresses a parent's love for their child, but offers a hope for what that love will become. It begins with a wish at bedtime, as parents hold their children tight and hope their love will cradle them, safe and sound. It continues through the day their children have grown up, proud and strong, and can pass that love on to someone else. This is a book that goes beyond a parent's "I love you" to the generous wish that our children will make the world a better place. A gentle, poetic text is illustrated in soft gouache-and-watercolor washes that depict scenes in the life of a boy from infancy, when his mother and father hold him close, to adulthood, when he is a parent himself. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 32 pages with illustrations by Garland. Colorful paintings inspired by Magritte complement the story of a young boys' escape from boredom to the house of his neighbors, Rene Magritte and his wife, and the world they share with Salvador Dali and other artists. The full-page oil paintings that tell the visual tale are based on the work of the 20th-century Belgian artist. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, Long ago in Italy, a mighty asparagus grew smack-dab in front of the king's castle. Was the king happy about it? No. The asparagus had to go. But how does a king reason with an asparagus of such stature? With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Vladimir Radunsky tells the uproarious tale of an almost immovable vegetable. Drawing on Italian Renaissance art, the esteemed artist creates a breathtaking magical kingdom, where it's easy to imagine that such an asparagus existed. His artwork is as gorgeous as it is funny. Although the old masters may turn over in their graves, readers of all ages will clamor for more of The Mighty Asparagus.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket. Glossy pictorial boards with trace wear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Color art throughout by Tudor. A delightful sequel to her 1971 title, The Corgiville Fair. Small inscription on front endpaper.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 3rd pr, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, unclipped dust jacket with $2.95 price. 65 pages. Two-color illustrations by Hilary Knight. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Light wear, chipping and corners. Dust jacket with minor soil, small holes in spine, light stain to front panel, top edge.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Edith and Little Bear try to clean up New York City. Illustrated with black and white photos by Wright, endpapers are a panoramic of NYC which includes the Twin Towers. Light musty odor, sun fading to spine edge, otherwise a clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in color by Diane Goode. Selections include: Buffalo Gal, Clementine, I've Been Working. 17 selections in all. Musical arrangements included. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color paintings by Base. One little boy living on a farm in rural Texas gets a big surprise when he discovers tiny flying elephants under his bed. But his mom doesn't like critters in the house, so he tries to keep them a secret. Until one day they escape from his bedroom and cause havoc in the house. But when locusts invade the farm and start to destroy crops, the elephants come to the rescue!
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light brown cloth with black lettering on spine. 101 pages illustrated with b&w photos throughout. Two children take a ride in an airship. Published before the Hindenburg disaster in May of 1937. Scarce, Clean tight copy, lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and World, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust, unclipped with $3.95 on flap. Color illustrations by Doris Lee. Quillow the toy-maker is the shortest man in town and Hunder the giant roams the countryside. Quillow saves his town from the ravages of Hunder. Exceptional copy, clean and bright.
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, Harcourt Brace and World, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket. The dramatic color illustrations of Swiss artist Felix Hoffman make this book truly unique. Color pictorial boards matching image on DJ. Yellow cloth spine. Dust jacket with light soil, internal tape repairs. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. Flap price of $1.95, four I Can Read titles on rear of dj, reverse side of dj lists other titles in the series. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Ruth Wood. Wonder Books #550, 39 cents. This lovely vintage children's book circa 1950 tells the story of an old school bus named Busby driven by Joe the driver and his many adventures. Ownership page with name, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, A lonely wild horse runs away to find love from children on a merry-go-round. Illustrated in color by Hoff. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 6th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped and worn dust jacket, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of a girl on a horse on the front, with brightly printed endpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. This was the authors fourth (4th) title in the "Madeline" series of seven titles. Small stain to dust jacket at the bottom of the spine. Internally clean and bright.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 12th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped dust jacket with Caldecott sticker, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of Madeline in water with her dog. Brightly printed enpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. Madeline is saved from drowning by a dog who then returns with the girls and Miss Clavel. Wouldn't you know it, the dog will need the help of Madeline and her friends very soon after. Awarded the Caldecott Medal for 1954. No markings.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated, color paper label on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. 273 pages of text and illustrated with end sheets, color title page, and 14 color plates by N. C. Wyeth each separated with printed tissue guards. This is the first Wyeth illustrated edition with the 1911 date on the title page in Roman numerals. Front hinge tender, rear hinge cracked. NOTE: Most descriptions call for a map proceeding Chapter 1. Missing here, but no sign of extraction. Previous owner's bookplate on a blank prelim page Despite map issue, a good plus copy of this scarce first printing.
Hardcover. Racine Wi, Whitman Publishing, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. 28 pages with red and blue line illustrations and blue text inside. Stapled binding. A good copy of a fragile book. Light pencil marking.
Hardcover. Rutland VT, Tuttle Publishing , reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, 24 pages illustrated in color. A beautiful reprint of the German classic, usually found in slovenly condition. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY/Zurich, North-South Books, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A newly translated and illustrated version of the tale of seven brothers transformed into ravens and rescued years later by their sister. Like most Grimm tales, this one lives up to its creators' name. Beautiful color illustrations by Henriette Sauvant. Clean copy.
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Price: $18.00
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.
 "A Story- a Story: An African Tale Retold by: Gail E. Haley")
 "Pet Show! by: Ezra Jack Keats")
 "Benjy's Boat Trip by: Margaret Bloy Graham")
 "Martin's Hats by: Joan W. Blos/Marc Simont")
 "The Homework Caper by: Lexau, Joan M and Syd Hoff (illustrator)")
 "The Ugly Duckling by: Andersen, Hans Christian")
 "Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York by: Chast, Roz")
 "The Cantankerous Crow by: Hellsing, Lennart / Stroyer, Poul")
 "Casper and the Rainbow Bird by: Robin and Inge Hyman")
 "Chuck Dugan Is AWOL: A Novel - With Maps by: Eric Chase Anderson")
 "Small in the City by: Sydney Smith")
 "How Rocket Learned to Read by: Tad Hills")
 "The Very Hungry Caterpillar s Forest Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-the-Flap Book by: Eric Carle")
 "Mon Petit Busy Day by: Annette Tamarkin")
 "Tails by: Matthew Van Fleet")
 "Everywhere Babies by: Susan Meyers/Marla Frazee")
 "Gus Was a Friendly Ghost/Gus and the Baby Ghost/Gus Goes to School/ Gus Loved His Happy Home/What's A Ghost Going to Do? ( 5 titles) by: Jane Thayer/Seymour Fleishman")
 "Just Follow Me by: Phoebe Erickson")
 "Alligator by: Evelyn Shaw / Frances Zweifel")
 "Hanna-Barbera's Top Cat by: Hanna-Barbera/Eileen Daly")
 "Harry And Larry The Fishermen by: Richard Scarry")
 "Sammy The Seal by: Syd Hoff")
 "Muggins Takes Off by: Marjorie Barrows/Anne Sellers Leaf")
 "Fish Out of School by: Shaw, Evelyn")
 "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! by: Kessler, Leonard")
 "Detective Dog by: Wiseman, B. (Bernard Wiseman)")
 "I Am Better Than You! by: Lopshire, Robert")
 "Casper and Wendy Adventures by: Harvey Cartoon Studios")
 "The Adventures of Pinocchio by: Collodi, Carlo/ Ingpen, Robert R.")
 "I Will Hold You 'til You Sleep by: Linda Zuckerman / Jon J Muth (Illustrator)")
 "Dinner at Magritte's by: Michael Garland")
 "The Mighty Asparagus by: Vladimir Radunsky")
 "The Great Corgiville Kidnapping by: Tasha Tudor")
 "Kay Thompson's Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups by: Thompson/Hilary Knight, Kay")
 "Edith & Little Bear Lend a Hand by: Wright, Dare")
 "Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs by: Durell, Ann / Goode, Diane")
 "Little Elephants by: Base, Graeme")
 "The Dirigible Book: A Photographic Picture Book with a Story by: Pryor, WIlliam C. & Helen S.")
 "The Great Quillow by: Thurber, James / Doris Lee")
 "The Big Honey Hunt by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "Rapunzel by: Hoffman, Felix / Brothers Grimm")
 "The Secret Three by: Mildred Myrick /Arnold Lobel")
 "The Bingity-Bangity School Bus by: Fleur Conkling (Author), Ruth Wood (Illustrator)")
 "Chester by: Syd Hoff")
 "Madeline and the Gypsies by: Bemelmans, Ludwig")
 "Madeline's Rescue by: Bemelmans, Ludwig")
 "Treasure Island by: N. C. Wyeth / Robert Louis Stevenson")
 "Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories by: N/A")
 "Slovenly Peter: Or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children by: Hoffmann, Heinrich")
 "The Seven Ravens by: Grimm, Jacob W.; Grimm, Wilhelm K.; Bell, Anthea (translator)")