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

Hardcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. "This collection of illustrations from the National Art Library at the V&A contains well-known and unfamiliar fables accompanied by contemporary texts and translations, often with a topical or satirical content. It gives a cross-section of illustrative styles from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Fabulous color and b/w illustrations throughout. A wonderful reference volume, with a small bibliography and an "Analysis by Theme" at rear (plus Index)." Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Teague and SIGNED BY TEAGUE with a small sketch of dog's head.

Hardcover. Watertown, Charlesbridge, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Black & white woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Bright, clean copy.No dust jacket

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st US, 2024, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages. In Jim Curious and the Jungle Journey, a young boy goes on an adventure in an old-fashioned diving suit. After waking up in bed (or is he really awake?), Jim walks through a mirror and into a shallow swamp that leads to a mysterious island. There, in the jungle, he encounters snakes, monkeys, and a giant turtle, as well as some creepy-crawly creatures, before discovering an ancient abandoned temple deep in the heart of the jungle. There are two pairs of 3-D glasses at the back of the book to add to your reading pleasure. Clean copy.

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in bright pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Sylvia Long. Small stamp, scribble to front fly leaf, otherwise Very Good. A fairy tale poem written at the turn of the century takes place in a medieval bunny kingdom where knights win prizes for proving their fear and leave it to the princess to rule.

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jeanne Bendick. Dust jacket with light fading to spine, short closed tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Beginner Books/ Random House, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards. This is the first "Babar" title (B-45) to be part of the Random House "Beginner Book" Series. Color illustrations by author. Lacks dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Crowell, 1st , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Rockwell. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Glazed cardboard covers, no dust jacket issued. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Co, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, pictorial cloth/library binding, 32 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Ex-lib with endpaper stamp and residue. Interior is clean. Tales told in the MIddle East travel from storyteller to storyteller, from country to country. Sometimes they cross the ocean, as this story in one form did to be told in Detroit by an Armenian grandmother. An American scholar heard this story told of the Bedouins, while still another version is Turkish.

Hardcover. NY, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Most pets are cats and dogs, but what happens when a boy wants a different kind of pet, one that doesn't meow or bark? Bob Staake's exuberant tale of a little boy and the pet of his dreams will appeal to anyone whose best friends are . . . books! Books make the perfect pets, the boy decides, and chooses a bright red one. When it goes missing, a lively adventure is in store for readers who love a happy ending. Soon kids everywhere will wish for a pet book of their very own.

Hardcover. Westport, Rabbitt Ears Books, 2nd printing, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Henrik Drescher. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Insight Editions, 1st, 2018, Hardcover in pictorial boards. This unique package created by pop-up book master Matthew Reinhart folds open to a 33" x 37" 3-D recreation of Hogwarts designed to delight Harry Potter fans. It features five large spreads and 30 individual pop-ups. An exhilarating, interactive guide to the iconic school of witchcraft and wizardry This book features spectacular pop-up re-creations of key locations inside and outside Hogwarts castle, and it opens flat to form a pop-up map of the castle and its grounds-including the Quidditch pitch, the Forbidden Forest, and beyond In addition to large pops on each spread, numerous mini-pops will bring to life beloved elements from the Harry Potter films, such as the Marauder's Map and the Flying Ford Anglia. Each pop-up includes insightful text about Hogwarts as seen in the films. Clean, still in publisher's shipping box.

New York/London, North-South Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 103 pages, illustrated in color by Lizbeth Zwerger and SIGNED BY HER on title page.

Softcover. Hanover NH, Dartmouth College, First Thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 149 pages. Softcover published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the graduation from Dartmouth College of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Grey cloth covers with silver titles to cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

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. US, Piggy Toes Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, tight copy. In this technical tour de force, father and daughter combine origami-style figures and intricate pop-up effects into six spreads and a double gatefold of paper magic. The art evokes common materials, from a whirl of newspaper doves or passport pages made into sailboats to legal-pad-paper ducks swimming in a desktop "pond" of spilled coffee and, for a spectacular finish, an array of Chinese take-out menus and cartons falling prey to a hungry dragon's attack. The figures are mostly made of precut and glued pieces, but many of the beaks and noses, at least, are actually folded.

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, board book, unpaginated, color illustrations by Magda Moses, very clean, tight copy. Die-cut boards that show a smiling Hopsi as her surroundings change throughout the day.

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. New York , Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 4th printing, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by Brad Sneed, very clean, tight copy, like new. Jean Van Leeuwen has written a simple, poignant, yet powerful story about how such a little thing as acknowledging a mistake and saying "I'm sorry", can change the course of lives forever. Her expressive text with its gentle message and air of sadness, is beautifully complemented by Brad Sneed's bold, rich watercolor illustrations, full of wonderful farm life detail, that pull you into the story and the brother's lives.

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. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Patricia Polacco. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Volland, 19th pr., 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards are good with missing paper on spine and loose hinge. Internally very good. Previous owner's name on half title page. Color illustrations by Gruelle.

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, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, illustrated with Ed Young's amazing paper collages. The young cat named Wabi Sabi wishes to understand the meaning of her name.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY WENDY WATSON TO HALF TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Oslo, Dreyers Forlag, 1st thus, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages. Ever since they first appeared in translation more than a hundred years ago, the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjornsen and Moe have maintained unrivaled popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. The best of these tales are presented, with b&w illustrations by Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in color by Burkert, folding poster laid in. Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Callaway/Hyperion, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Covers completely illustrated in color, high-quality and stiff papers, gorgeous, bold, full-page color illustrations by Michael Roberts. Slight rubbing to covers, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in great condition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House/Beginner Books, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, illustrated in color by the authors, 60 pages. Daddy Bear tries to show his son how to use the sled, skis and skates he got for Christmas - with disastrous results. Fist published in the early 70s. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NT, Di Capua/ HarperCollins, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by James McMullan. Copyright page states 1st Ed but no price on dust-jacket so assumed Book Club. Noel is a girl who wants to play a doll in the Nutcracker ballet her dance school is performing. She gets the part of a tree. She is sadly disappointed. A great story about how attitude and a change in it can affect life.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY RAUL COLON ON TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Raul Colon. No wear to dust jacket or covers; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrate in 3-colors by Lobel. Author/illustrator's first book is the story of a watchman on a drawbridge near a village full of friendly people. No dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, oblong, 64 pages. Originally published in 1963. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. A charming tale about a lost child who encounters a turtle, with a very surprising ending. SIGNED BY SENDAK.

Hardcover. New York , Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oversized hardcover, color-illustrated laminated boards. Color pencil illustrations by author throughout. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clan and tight copy.

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. New York , Hyperion Book , 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY BOTH author and illustrator on title page.

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with red decoration, 159 pages. B&w pictures by Fritz Eichenberg. Scarce. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Light spotting and warping to cloth covers, faint soil to edges. Internally very good.

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. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY ROSENTHAL with sketch of monkey drinking from coconut. Ahoy, landlubbers, prepare yerselves for a rip-roaring adventure . . . with a shipwrecked monkey, a sweet-singing ibis, a ferocious tiger, and a band of rough, smelly, no-good pirates! Coconuts fly, danger lurks, and only one clever monkey can save the day: Archie!

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover,no dust jacket. Light edgewear to corners, and edges. Light age soiling on text block. Vivid color illustrations by Warren Chappell. Based on the famous ballet about a remarkably lifelike doll.

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. New York , Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Gennady Spirin. SIGNED BY SPIRIN. The forest is a treasure trove of riches, but it's threatened by increased human development and climate changes. This gorgeous book teaches readers about the boreal forest and reminds them that it's up to us to make sure the beauty and bounty survive.

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Co., 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with half the spine missing, Blue cloth with silver and black eagle on cover and silver and black lettering. Black lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in b&w and 3-colors by Charles Child. Biographical rhyming verse: Columbus to Woodrow Wilson, some generic categories. Name on page opposite half-title, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Innovative color illustrations explaining the concept of weight and measurement. 32 pages.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust with light wear and a small closed tear, color illustrations by Deborah Zemke. Best friends Becky and Molly get into a ferocious fight when Becky refuses to trade dolls with Molly. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Leo & Diane Dillon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 2nd pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages. Illustrated with Dare Wright's b&w photos featuring a doll with her teddy bears and a live duckling. No dust jacket, Clean and bright, no markings.

Hardcover. Wellington NZ , Gecko Press , reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Leo Timmers throughout. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.