Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by de Brunhoff. Clean, tight copy with moderate wear to cover boards.
Hardcover. Sydney, Austalia, P.I.C., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Clean, tight copy. This children's picture story, a detective mystery, is about a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, and which disappears in New Jersey. This is one of the author's most hilarious, but overlooked, masterpieces for any child or adult to enjoy. The life-like illustrations are by international illustrator, Robert Ingpen. The literature classic was originally published in 1882 as a short story.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. Color illustrations by Masha. Small name on front fly leaf, light edge and corner wear to boards.
Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. First Edition.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Covers bound in blue cloth with gilt title on spine and cover with decoration and pastedown art. Beautiful b/w illustrations throughout by Seton. Bump to top corner of cover, small scrape to cover label otherwise clean, very good. The aim of this well-illustrated work is to picture the life of a Grizzly Bear with the added glamour of a remarkable Bear personality (from the Preface). Presented in 16 chapters, Seton considered this work as an historical novel of Bear life.
Hardcover. London, Collins, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Macaulay. Lavishly illustrated Caldecott Honor book about the construction of an imaginary French Gothic cathedral. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate soil to red cover boards with faded gilt decoration on front and spine. Front hinge starting to crack and tear. Fragile. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on front end paper. Illustrated by Grace Norcross and Albert W. Force.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers decorated in gilt, 251 pages. Edited by Tiffany Thayer. Black & white drawings by Robert Ball. Excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Newly translated by Ralph Manheim. Bookplate on inside front cover, owner's inscription opposite.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with laminated boards. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated in color by Blake.
Hardcover. NY, Rand McNally & Co., 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated in 2-colors by Dugald MacDougall. The story of a 6-year old Zulu girl who has many adventures when she goes to the store alone for the first time! Includes exotic setting & details of Zulu life. Author grew up in South Africa. Light wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Templar/Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In this enthralling scrapbook that William Shakespeare compiled for his daughter, he looks back on his life as he retires from the theatre. Discover late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth century stories of love, war, kings and queens, fellow playwrights and actors, explorers and life in London. An interactive book with lots of flaps, notes in envelopes, etc. Excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Vermont folk art artist, Warren Kimble. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 117 pages. INSCRIBED BY VELDE on title-page. Black & white illustrations, color wrap-around dj art by Trina Schart Hyman.
Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield, reprint, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. "Rum Tum Tummy was a bold, bad elephant. he had no parents, which would have been bad to anybody but a bold, bad elephant in a very wild jungle. He didn't even have an aunt to say ... 'Brush your tusks!' He had nothing but a terrible appetite, and, as you shall see, he had a wild time !" Color illustrations by Holling. Back cover soiled, interior clean.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light abrasions on bottom corners. Light edgewaer to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Caldecott Honor Book with sticker on front. Handsomely illustrated with Brian Pinkney's color scratchboard drawings. Based on a West Indian folk-tale drawing on African, European and South American traditions.
NY, Holiday House, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Tomie dePaola. Dust jacket with short tears, chipping.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 14th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Story of the Santa Fe trail, presented in a charming production with full color plates and marginal line drawings presenting learning lessons on a variety of Western history subjects. Stated 14th printing, rear of DJ is review for just the Paddle to the Sea. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster for Young Readers, 2nd, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Graham Percy. Clean, tight copy. Light edgewear to covers.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st revised ed., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by and SIGNED BY CARLE on half-title page. Orig. pub. in 1972 by Knopf. Bright, clean hardcover in a similar dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket with $4.95 on flap. 58 pages (unpaginated). Illustrated alphabet (featuring double-page illustrations of ordinary and fantastic animals). Text by Hosea Tobias and Lisa Baskin. 'First Edition' stated on copyright page. A Caldecott Honor book in 1973. Mild soil, edgewear to dj, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Seymour, CT, Greenwich Workshop Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gustafson, SIGNED BY GUSTAFSON on half title page. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.
hardcover. N Y, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue covers and blue cloth-bound spine with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with beautiful full color plates by Michael Hague. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, pages and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. Kenosha WI, John Martin's House, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Klara. Johnny was lonesome for a playmate. He went to heaven to tell St. Peter his wish and St. Peter promised to send him a baby sister. Just after Christmas his baby sister arrives. Previous owner's inscription on inside front cover, Light bump to top corner.
Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by author.
hardcover. NJ, T.F.H. Publications, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. How to care for hamsters told in comic strip form. 32 pages. All in color.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An inspired reboot from the brilliant pairing of horror master Stephen King and the late children's author-illustrator Maurice Sendak. The spooky art and text maintain the menacing atmosphere of the kids' perilous adventure. They've revitalized this old gem for a new generation of young readers. "This splendidly chilling variation of the Brothers Grimm story is built around costume and set designs that late Caldecott Medalist Sendak produced for a Humperdinck opera... While the narrative's characterizations and diction hew to tradition its horrors land with fresh force in an epic retelling that suits the illustrations' eerie magnificence." - Publishers Weekly. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owner's writing on front fly leaf. Moderate wear to covers and heavy fraying, chipping and abrasion to corners of laminate.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrated by Wildsmith. A book with half-page flaps that reveal a visual suprise on the next page.
Hardcover. NY, Roaring Brook Press], 3rd pr., 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This spare, poetic picture book follows a group of kids as they move through all the different phases of the water cycle. From rain to fog to snow to mist, author Miranda Paul and artist Jason Chin combine to create a beautiful and informative journey in this innovative nonfiction picture book. Clean copy.
NY, Harper Collins, 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Color illust. by Aliki. Children and adults of various ages, races, and physical abilities tour a public aquarium to look at many of the world's marine creatures. The language is almost lyricaland the story is alive with color and action. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Enjoying the annual baseball game between the married and single men in his community, twelve-year-old Willard Babson assists talented baseball star Babe Ruth when the latter's car accidentally slides into a ditch. Watercolors by Barry Moser. Clean copy.
Softcover. Chicago, Quaker Oats Company , 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 44 pages, illustrated by Electra Papadopoulos. a promotional booklet extolling the benefits of oatmeal and how it's made all over the world. Near faultless for a cheaply made juvenile intended as a coloring book, exceptionally clean cover and great contents (Never colored and unmarked in any way).
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co., 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illust. by Tomi Ungerer. Ex-lib with end paper residue & markings internallly VG. A scarce Ungerer title.
Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, Co., reprint, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, front cover completely illustrated with pasted color plate, orange endpapers, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, previous owner's small black ink signature to front endpaper, spine lightly faded and soiled, crisp and unmarked; overall a neat, tight copy of a lovely children's book
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jim McMullan. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gay. Originally pub. in France in 1984.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 58 pages, illustrated with 27 color plates by J.L.G. (Johnny Gruelle). Red cloth spine with gray boards and a color label on front cover. Dust jacket has edgewear, chipping, small holes in spine. Previous owner's signature on end papers.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, Floris Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong glazed boards, color plates throughout by author. Christopher meets the spirit of September in the garden, and is introduced to all the harvest folk: the Gooseberry girls and boys, old man Black-Currant, the misses Plum and the proud Strawberries. First published in Sweden in 1920, this is the first English language edition. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, black & white illustrations by George Him. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, small chunk gone from rear dust jacket panel.
Hardcover. Shawnee Mission KS, Autism Asperger Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 37 pages, illustrated in color. Like new in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in 2-colors by Hilary Knight. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Anita Lobel. Dust jacket price clipped. Light fade to spine. Once upon a time a cruel King decided to betroth his motherless daughter to an Ogre in exchange for fifty wagons filled with silver. When the Princess learns what her father has done, she is horrified. But she is as clever as she is beautiful. Quickly, the Princess devises a plan to escape and, relying on her own spunk and good sense, ultimately marries the man she chooses for herself.
Hardcover. London, Raphael Tuck, na, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated with 23 chromolithographs by E.M. and M.F. Taylor. Tan boards with a color label on front cover, green cloth spine. Text and illustrations printed on one side only. Previous owner's inscription on preliminary blank page dated 1909. Light edgewear to covers otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with minor wear, color illustrations by Helen Craig. Robin Hood creates chaos in the palace, lures the king and queen and their soldiers into the forest, and is hailed as a hero by the poor.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, Non-paginated. Color illust. by Elsa Eisgruber. In the scarce dust jacket with light soil and chipping. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Harper and Row, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by the author. Dust jacket with minor wear, bright, unclipped.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Brilliant color illustrations by Stanley. Clean.
 "Babar's Castleby: de Brunhoff, Laurent")
 "Stolen White Elephant, Theby: Twain, Mark and Robert ingpen")
 "A Child's Book of Prayers by Louise Raymondby: Louise Raymond/ Masha")
 "Gabby Growing Upby: Hest, Amy, Amy Schwartz")
 "Monarch the Big Bear of Tallacby: Seton, Ernest Thompson")
 "Cathedral - The Story of Its Construction by: Macaulay, David")
 "Ant-Hills and Soap-Bubblesby: Phillips, Mary Geisler")
 "Amazing Adventures of Gargantua & His Son Pantagruel, The - Edited for Boysby: Rabelais, Francis")
 "Dear Miliby: Wilhelm Grimm / Maurice Sendak")
 "Story of the Dancing Frog, Theby: Blake, Quentin")
 "Tombi's Songby: Seed, Jenny")
 "William Shakespeare: His Life and Timesby: Kristen McDermott, Ari Berk")
 "Mare's Nest, Theby: Bowen, Gary")
 "Hidden Magic, A (SIGNED COPY)by: Velde, Vivian Vande")
 "Rum Tum Tummy: The Elephant Who Ateby: Holling Clancy Holling")
 "Faithful Friend, Theby: San Souci, Robert D. and Brian Pinkney")
 "Maggie and the Monsterby: Winkthrop/Tomie dePaola, Elizabeth")
 "Tree in the Trail by: Holling, Holling C.")
 "Fantastic Flying Journey, Theby: Durrell, Gerald and Graham Percy")
 "Walter the Baker (SIGNED COPY)by: Carle, Eric")
 "Hosie's Alphabet by: Baskin, Leonard")
 "Classic Fairy Tales (SIGNED)by: Gustafson, Scott")
 "South Pacificby: Michener, James")
 "Johnny's Jenniferby: Klara")
 "Story of an English Village, Theby: Goodall, John S.")
 "Your First Hamsterby: Villarroel, Juan Carlos")
 "Hansel and Gretel by: King, Stephen and Maurice Sendak")
 "Golden Bible, The: from the King James version of the Old Testamentby: Werner (edited), Elsa Jane")
 "Give a Dog a Boneby: Wildsmith, Brian")
 "Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycleby: Paul, Miranda / Chin, Jason (Illust.)")
 "The Lazy Automobileby: Wadsworth, Wallace")
 "My Visit to the Aquariumby: Aliki")
 "When Willard Met Babe Ruthby: Donald Hall and Barry Moser")
 "Around the World With Hobby: Hallock, Grace T.")
 "Donkey Ride, Theby: Showalter?Tomi Ungerer, Jean B.")
 "Nursery Tales Children Loveby: Piper (ed), Watty")
 "I Stink! (SIGNED COPY)by: McMullan, Kate & Jim")
 "Bibi Takes Flightby: Gay, Michel")
 "When Peter Rabbit Went to Schoolby: Almond, Linda Stevens and Johnny Gruelle")
 "Christopher's Harvest Timeby: Beskow, Elsa")
 "Giant Alexander in America, Theby: Herrmann, Frank")
 "Sundays with Matthew: A Young Boy with Autism and an Artist Share Their Sketchbooksby: Lancelle, Matthew and Jeanette Lesada")
 "Sunday Morningby: Viorst/ Hilary Knight, Judith")
 "Princess Furballby: Huck/Anita Lobel, Charlotte")
 "Jungle Baby, Theby: Farrow, G.E.")
 "One and Only Robin Hood, Theby: Gray, Nigel and Helen Craig")
 "Spin Top Spin - Poems and Pictures for Childrenby: Eisgruber, Elsa")
 "Sun's Day, Theby: Gerstein, Mordicai")
 "Joan of Arcby: Stanley, Diane")
 "Never Fear, Flip the Dip Is Hereby: Hanft, Philip and Thomas B. Allen")