Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st thus US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 73 pages, illustrated throughout in color by Beni Montresor. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket with small chunk missing from rear cover top edge. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Saxonville, Mass., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR YOSHI on title page. Book is printed back to front. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated throughout by Byron Glaser and Sandra Higashi. SIGNED by both illustrators with a bookplate SIGNED by the author laid-in. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 155 pages, beautifully illustrated throughout by Michael Hague. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED by illustrator Loren Long on title page. Illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in full color by Ted Lewin. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 3rd printing, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages, illustrated throughout in full color by Ted Lewin. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New Milford CT, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Illustrated throughout in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Caldecott nominee for his beautiful illustrations, Lewin knows of what he writes- he was a professional wrestler before taking on writing and illustrating children's books. This book is about the great gym at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge that was the home of Jake LaMotta and Muhammed Ali and is the place nine year old Sugar Boy goes for training and inspiration.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Company, 4th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by the author. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with a little sketch of a spider. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with small tear to upper edge of spine. Faint sunning to spine. Internally very good. Caldecott Honor Book with silver sticker on cover.
Softcover. Grantsville, Md., Hobby House Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Inc., reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages. Poems selected by Barbara Rogansky with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Crown Books for Young Readers, 2nd printing, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Honor Book. Signed book plate on front end paper. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Scholastic , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page spread. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Clean, tight copy. A celebration of the Christmas season features a family's century-old candy making tradition based on the author's own family stories.
Hardcover. US, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. John Harrison (1693-1776), an Englishman without any scientific training, worked tirelessly for more than forty years to create a perfect clock. The solution to this problem was so important that an award of 20,000 pounds sterling (equal to several million dollars today) was established by the English Parliament in 1714. Harrison won recognition for his work in 1773. Together with beautifully detailed pictures by Erik Blegvad, Louise Borden's text takes the reader through the drama, disappointments, and successes that filled Harrison's quest to invent the perfect sea clock.
Hardcover. NY, Blue Apple Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-pagintated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed book plate laid in. Minor rubbing to illustrated boards, else clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1999-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED by author/illustrator Phoebe Stone, with a drawing of an elephant, on front end paper. Signed postcard laid-in. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED by author/illustrator Phoebe Stone, with a drawing of a flower, on front end paper. Signed postcard laid-in. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, Gulliver Books, 1st, 2000-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated throughout in color by Terry Widener. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. This picture-book biography covers the life of Gertrude Ederle, highlighting her world-record breaking, long-distance swims. In 1926, women were thought to be the weaker sex, but this indomitable young athlete broke the men's record by two hours when she swam the English Channel. Fascinating tidbits about her 21-mile swim will entice readers: "She floated on her back and ate chicken and drank beef broth." For her victory, she was rewarded with a ticker-tape parade and a letter from President Coolidge calling her "America's Best Girl." More information about her life is appended. In the acrylic paintings, characters with large bodies and small heads, suggesting Depression-era art, are set on impressionistic backgrounds. The pictures of the swirling, rough water add fluidity and motion, and the perspectives that show the small figure of the swimmer in the vast sea capture the immensity of Ederle's endeavor.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR David Small on front end paper. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. When Alice Jayne finds a crocodile under the tree on Christmas Eve, her family goes into an uproar! The Christmas Crocodile doesn't mean to be bad, not really, but soon he is eating up Christmas-from the dinner roast to the left stove-top burner...even the Christmas tree! Everyone has an opinion about what to do with him. Uncle Theodore suggests they send him to Africa, Father recommends the zoo, and Aunt Figgy mentions an orphanage. But Alice Jayne thinks the Christmas Crocodile deserves a real family. Can she find him a new home? And will she and the family survive till Christmas morning, with that naughty crocodile gobbling up everything in sight?
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co. , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR opposite title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Fred Marcellino on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. With light-hearted, lavish illustrations, Caldecott Honoree Fred Marcellino makes the most--and more--of the fantasy and farce to a trio of Lear's best tales: The New Vestments, The Pelican Chorus, and The Owl and the Pussycat. Three splendid picture books in one!
Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated throughout in color. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light soil to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul Rogers. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. US, Holiday House, 1st, 1988-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated throughout in color by Anita Lobel. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul O. Zelinsky. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY , Random House Childrens Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Non paginated. INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR MICHAEL HAGUE with sketch of mouse opposite title page. Extensive color illustrations throughout. Some edge wear to dust jacket, light soil to rear panel, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on title page.
Hardcover. New York, Dial, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Thomas Locker. INSCRIBED to the King Family and SIGNED BY AUTHOR CHRISTIANSEN. Clean copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Color illustrations. When a school girl gets separated from her tour of the White House, and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Illustrations by Lane Smith. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Enchanted Lion Books, 1st US, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by author Eva Muggenthaler throughout. A collection of 14 illustrations and prompts for storytelling. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Alicia Austin throughout. Some soiling to top edge. Reminder mark to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Tate Publishing, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Quentin Blake throughout. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Minneapolis MN, Carolrhoda Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Nancy Carlson. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 57 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w illustrations by Betsy Lewin throughout. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Small stain to fore edge. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Susan Jeffers. Clean, unmarked copy with light fading and minor wear to dust jacket.
hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Raul Colon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover . New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Barry Moser throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The classic work by Dr. Seuss analyzed and dissected. Red cloth, beige spine. 10 1/2" X 10 1/4" in size. IIllustrated, color drawings, black & white photos. Notes galore.
Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED WITH ELF DRAWING BY "Steven and Helen" otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A Haitian story illustrated by Marc Tolon Brown.
Hardcover. Boston, HMH Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Gulliver Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillion
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson Potter, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, unpaginated. Hardcover laminated boards with matching dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
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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.
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