Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Alain (the pen name of Daniel Brustlein, painter, book illustrator, magazine illustrator, and cartoonist). Stamp to front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. Reissued edition. Red woven boards with black vignette of boy playing to lower portion. Black titles to spine. Pristine inside, as new. SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the half title page without dedication.

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. New York , Duo Press LLC, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. New York City has never been more whimsical than in this visual narrative that uses wire-art sculptures to explore the Big Apple. Everything starts with a paper clip that unfolds to create some of New York's most famous symbols, including the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Empire State Building. A lively text accompanies the striking visuals, and six pages of information chronicle everything needed to know about the included attractions and landmarks. SIGNED by author and illustrator on front fly leaf.

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. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by RASCHKA. Raschka's and Radunsky's simpatico styles are at long last paired in this "doggy allegory" told in a hip-hop beat. Born into a litter of 16, the scruffy protagonist is the pup not chosen--the "saddest and the baddest." His solitude, however, facilitates his sensitivity to the sounds that permeate his urban environment, and while the "clatter makes him gladder," ultimately it's the strains of opera that motivate him to "bark it like Brunhilda." Raschka's musicality undergirds his street-savvy lingo, making the narrative fresh and lyrical. The font becomes bigger and bolder to indicate emphasis, a technique that is particularly helpful when the text spirals around the pages. "I'm the zoom-est and the boom-est, spread no gloom-est, say no doom-est. I'm the top-est, never stop-est, Boston Pop-est, be be bop-est. I jazzle dazzle like it as the Hip Hop Dog." Radunsky's caricatures of the moves of a canine version of Snoop Dogg manage to be convincing, poignant, and funny--no small feat. Loose lines, brushwork that allows the textured background to show through, and occasional bits of collage combine to create a gritty cityscape peopled with quirky personalities. This story of a neglected orphan who sings and struts his way to happiness will gladden the hearts of readers young and old.

Hardcover. Flagstaff AZ, Northland Publishing, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial white boards. Delicate watercolor illustrations accompany a simple story about a family building an adobe house in the Southwest desert. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Pavilion Books / Chrysalis Book Group, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, no dust jacket issued. A follow up to 'Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book'. . Marbled endpapers. Letters and envelopes all present; All about fairies. these letters contain everything from wisdom to suggestions to chastisement. Lady Cottington has made notes in the margins not to mention smashed fairies throughout (will she ever stop this nasty habit?!) And the fairies - they too have done their part. sprinkling magic and mayhem throughout. SIGNED BY FROUD.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in laminated boards, color illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. The front board has an illustration of Andy Archer holding Bugle with Yorktown, VA waterfront in the background.

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. NY, Viking , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Max Stravinsky, the poet dog hero of Max Makes a Million , realizes his dream of going to Paris in Kalman's latest high-spirited high jinks. In the City of Light he goes to museums and clubs, meets like-minded suffering artists and falls in love with Crepes Suzette, "that divine dalmatian." Visual and literary jokes abound--a Parisienne wears strategically placed bananas a la Josephine Baker; a hunchback crouches atop Notre Dame; a man's hat is marked "this is not a hat"--while lighthearted digressions offer amusing first lessons in art appreciation. The exuberant text imports French words and other vocabulary that rely heavily on context but convey a rousing musicality ("I am Fritz from the Ritz / which I quit in a snit / when the chef in a fit / threw escargot on my chapeau / and hit my head / with a stale French bread")--sophisticated fare indeed, but children and the uninitiated alike will find plenty of amusement nonetheless. Painstaking design integrates text and pictures, turns type upside-down or sideways, shrinks or expands type size--whimsical touches in perfect keeping with this fluid work. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Blind-stamped covers with light edge wear to dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations (no words) on all pages by David Weisner. Sticker on front dust jacket " Best Illustrated Children's Book Award.

Hardcover. NY, Dover Publications, reprint, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in color by Gorey. A new approach to the ancient fables of Aesop features charming rhymes and winsome images by a beloved illustrator. Artist Edward Gorey sets the scenes for poet Ennis Rees's modern interpretation of Aesop's verses, which recount how animals with all-too-human failings receive their just desserts. Memorable renderings of familiar and lesser-known vignettes include the fable of the industrious ant, who prepares for the hardships of the coming winter, and the feckless grasshopper, whose laziness proves fatal. A mighty lion is amused at the notion of a tiny mouse coming to his rescue, a naive young crustacean admires the bright red shell of a boiled lobster, and a swarm of flies are undone by their attraction to a pool of spilled honey. These and other timeless tales provide humorous insights into the folly of greed and vanity and the rewards of virtuous behavior. Originally published in 1971 by Young Scott.

Hardcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. hardcover, no dust jacket. Illustrations by Jim Downer. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. NY, Moffat, Yard and Company , 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 56 pages, illustrated endpapers. Beige linen cloth over boards. Previous owner gift inscription on verso of frontispiece. No bumping or soiling. Bright gold foil titling, and double circle with illustration pasted on front cover. images by Jessie Willcox Smith on each page plus a color frontispiece and six color plates all by Smith.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Mary Azarian. SIGNED BY AZARIAN on title page. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. What happens to the denizens of the tidal zone when the sea recedes every 12 hours? This is the question that Hodgkins answers in a playful yet instructive way. Children are introduced to crabs, sea urchins, mussels, sea worms, starfish, lobsters, periwinkles, and other creatures that must adapt to constantly changing conditions. Color illustrations by Jim Sollers.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Story by Kimberly Gieske. Full page color illustrations by Donald Robertson. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a big picture of Kate in the snow blowing the whistle her grandfather had made for her. 32 pages, color illustrations by Winifred Bromhall. Copyright page states 1947 but this appears to be a reprint, ex-school library stamps. Front fly leaf gone. Still an attractive reading copy.

Hardcover. New York, Callaway, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Scratch mark to rear dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Illustrations by Michael Roberts.

Softcover. NY, Dover, reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, The original edition faithfully reproduced with 120 two-color illustrations and 23 color plates, all by Denslow. Mild wear, soil to covers. Clean internally.

Softcover. London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages, illustrated with 5 color lithographs (including cover) and several line drawings. Heavy paper covers, nice clean condition. No date, appears circa 1890-1900.

Softcover. San Francisco, COLOR, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 173 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Color illustrations. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, Doran, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 43 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color, B&W by Tousey. Illustrated cardboard covers. Light chipping to papers on corners.

Hardcover. NY, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth, 146 pages plus glossary. Illustrated in color and b&w by Constance Whittemore. Children's reader to introduce children to Switzerland through adventures with Anton and Trini. The World's Children Series. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 80 pages. Hardcover with lightly worn dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, Aldren A. Watson, on TITLE PAGE. Cover boards show moderate rubbing and edge wear, tight binding.

Hardcover. Gardiner ME, Tilbury House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w by the author. As twelve-year-old Sarah prepares for the town's annual sailboat race, working on the boat her grandfather has given her and learning the secrets of navigation, readers are schooled in tacking, coming about, compass reading, and other maneuvers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Windmill Books, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Library edition with usual markings. Light edgewear to cover boards. Library stickers on dust jacket. Illustrated by Lee Lorenz.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, bright pictorial cloth, b&w drawings throughout by author. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with a color paste-down on cover, 263 pages, A collection of 35 Native American animal folklore tales. Wood-lore (or, the ways of wild things) are told in an engaging format - a wise old chief holds evening "story-time" sessions with his very curious grandson, Little Beaver. Running through the linked narrative is the little black bear Moween, of whom Little Beaver is particularly fond. Illustrated with 8 color plates, a color title page and an endpapers drawing by Paul Bransom. Light shelf wear.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, 36 pages. The text is illustrated in Charles Schulz's inimitable style, showing Snoopy and Woodstock and the crew involved in various boating activities. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2008, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color. TURTLE IS SO excited by the book about penguins that his dad reads him at bedtime that he decides he wants to be a penguin. So the next morning, he creates a penguin costume, grabs his book, and heads for the schoolbus. This delightful picture book from Valeri Gorbachev celebrates both the power of books, and the joys of imaginative play in all its dress-up-box glory. And, with the extra penguin facts at the end of the book, this is a perfect blueprint for teachers planning penguin days of their own.

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. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Savage. Little Tug may not be very tall or very fast, but when the big ships in the harbor need help, they know they can count on him to be there with a push, a pull, and a ride to safety.

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, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. Floca proves himself masterful with this Caldecott Medal winner. The book's large format offers space for a robust story in a hefty package of information. Set in well-paced blank verse, the text begins with a quick sketch of "how this road was built" and moves abruptly to the passengers on the platform and the approaching train. The author smoothly integrates descriptions of the structure and mechanics of the locomotive, tasks of crew members, passing landscapes, and experiences of passengers. Simply sketched people and backgrounds, striking views of the locomotive, and broad scenes of unpopulated terrain are framed in small vignettes or sweep across the page. Though a bit technical in explaining engine parts, the travelogue scheme will read aloud nicely and also offers absorbing details for leisurely personal reading. Substantial introductory and concluding sections serve older readers. There's also a detailed explanation of the author's efforts and sources in exploring his subject. Train buffs and history fans of many ages will find much to savor in this gorgeously rendered and intelligent effort. True First Printing minus the stickers.

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, Books of Wonder, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. A rousing tale of suspense, magic, and adventure, Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth and final Oz book by L. Frank Baum. It's a grand conclusion to his chronicles of America's favorite fairyland. This deluxe gift edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white pictures,

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st illust. thus, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with color illustration on cover label, 274 pages. Two-color and b&w illustrations by Robert Lawson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages, color illustrations by Paul Zelinsky. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. The huge but rather childlike character featured in Prelutsky and Zelinsky's Awful Ogre's Awful Day (2001) returns in a new volume of light verse accomplanied by full-page and double-page illustrations. Taking place during the one-eyed ogre's summer vacation, the first-person poems run the gamut from somewhat gross ("Awful Ogre Has Insomnia") to droll ("Awful Ogre Attends a Concert") to tenderhearted ("Awful Ogre Pays a Visit") to sublime ("Awful Ogre Goes Dragon-Watching"). Prelutsky shows his sure sense of rhythm and rhyme as well as his child-pleasing sense of humor in this series of 17 clearly written poems. Most appear on double-page spreads, accompanied by large ink-and-watercolor illustrations that reflect the tone of the verse. Highlighting the barely controlled chaos of this amiable ogre's world, the pictures create a visually imaginative setting where anything can happen and, in the fun-to-discover details, something often does.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jack E. Davis. Clean copy. A classic horror movie on TV inspires Morty and Ray to paint a picture of themselves for all the wrong reasons.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color illustrations by Browne. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Brown. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER ON TITLE PAGE. Crisp, tight copy. Very good condition with only minor rubbing to edges.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tiny pinhole to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cleveland, OH, World Publishing, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 143 pages. Hardcover with clipped-dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, WENDY WATSON, ON TITLE PAGE. Fading to dust jacket spine, light rubbing to edges. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, no dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Donald Carrick. Clean, tight copy with minor wear on edges.

Hardcover. Reading MA, Addison-Wesley Publishing, BC Ed., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Don Madden. Weekly Reader Book Club. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st US, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt decoration of peacock on front. Moderate wear to edges. Tight copy. Illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser.