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

NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with flaps glued to inside covers. 145 pages, b&w drawings by David Stone Martin. An engaging chronicle that concerns three generations of cats and their provider, Ann, a single woman with a ground-floor apartment and a back yard. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF WITH A SKETCH OF DR. BIRD on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Non-Paginated. Full color illustrations by Jane Flory. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Elsie Fay ventures into the deep, dark woods, meets a troll, and attempts to outsmart him. Illustrated in color by the incomparable James Marshall. Clean.

New York, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a brigh, unclipped dust jacket. Ex-lib with light stamping, pocket on rear fly leaf. Endpapers scarred where dj was taped. B&W pictures by William Gropper.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Non-Paginated. SIGNED BY NANCY WILLARD AND JERRY PINKNEY ON TITLE PAGE. 1st edition/1st printing. Full color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Not ex-library. A bright, clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Platt & Munk Co., 1st thus, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. A fresh, clean, well bound copy. 6 leaves (12 pages) including the cover. Color illustrated front cover with interior of alternating spreads of color and black and white. Illustrations by Eulalie Banks. Stapled binding. Pages are clean and bright.

New York, Philomel, 1st U.S., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anno.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a pristine dust jacket. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR BRIAN SELZNICK ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Book is very good, blue boards stamped in black. Lovely b&w photos by the author illustrate this volume celebrating the wildlife found in a brook. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Julian Bell. Bright, unclipped dust jacket. Victorian tale centers on a poor elderly widow who, while journeying to claim an inheritance left by her miserly brother, learns that kindness to animals can bring surprising rewards.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY LANE SMITH WITH DRAWING OF A PAIR OF GLASSES OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Lane Smith. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, white boards stamped in red, 25 pages. Dust jacket poor, chunks missing, tape repairs. Illustrated in color by Flavia Gag. Pencil name on half-title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Daniel Kirk. SIGNED BY BOTH LEWIS AND KIRK. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY BOTH SCIESZKA AND SMITH ON DEDICATION PAGE. Bright, clean copy.

NY, Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Descriptions of twenty-six (one for each letter of the alphabet) unfamiliar but everyday foods from around the world include couscous, rijsttafel, goulash, kebabs, and Welsh rabbit. Color art by author. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Seabury Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Clement Hurd. Dust jacket with darkening to spine, light wear to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust dacket with light fading to spine. Jeremiah, a middle- aged proboscis monkey feels life is passing him by. Wonderful black and white illustrations by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Children's Press, 1st , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lillian Owens. Ex-school library, but only one stamp, light notation, otherwise very good. Light abrasions on cover with white residue on rear cover.

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Dare Wright. Previous owners name and address at top right corner of front endpaper. Dust jacket with surface stain at back of doll image, interior tape repairs - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam, Book Club Ed., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, illustrated in color and b&w by Gramatky. Number four in the Little Toot series- this time the tugboat sets out on a daring mission when the Mississippi River floods.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co. , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on half title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in his dream to be an artist. He was fascinated with painting light and shadow and his works explore this challenge. In this striking picture book biography, Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor invite young readers into the world of a truly special American painter (most celebrated for his paintings "Nighthawks" and "Gas").

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Full color illustrations by Helen Craig. Covers with some light abrasions, minor soiling. Some small spots on a few pages. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. Joliet IL, P. F. Volland Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards, illustrated throughout including endpapers by Gruelle. No other printings or editions mentioned so assume first printing. One page with a mild smudge, some chipping to top & bottom of spine. A pencilled name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York , North-South, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 20 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. SIGNED by Zwerger on title page.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1st illust thus, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 40 pages. Illustrated in 2 and 3-colors by Jacqueline Ayer.

Hardcover. Joliet IL, Volland, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan and beige pictorial boards with a brown cloth spine, 96 pages. Decorations and designs by Ellery Friend. Wilbur Dick Nesbit (1871-1927), also known by the pen name Josh Wink, was an American poet and humorist. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Picture book master Frank Viva does it again, this time with astounding die-cuts that transform both words and pictures in delightful ways, while telling the story of a young boy spending his birthday at Coney Island, in search of his heart's desire. Through his innovation of design and content, he continues to expand our expectations of what a picture book can accomplish Step right up! Step right up! Take a trip to Coney Island and discover the grandest amusement of all-die-cuts that work like magic, transforming words and pictures in the most astonishing ways!

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, unpaginated, color illustrations by Jon Agee, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A trio of misbehaving, mango-loving monkeys have a close call as the author/artist gives readers a taste of vicarious adventure. Three little monkeys and their big monkey are sitting high on a branch in the forest canopy. "OK, monkeys! I'm off," says the big monkey. "Remember . . . Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there." Brilliantly designed storybook by the award-winning Haughton. Clean copy.

Hardcover. US, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Extensive illustrations by Patrick McDonnell throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Lothrop Lee & Shepherd Books, 1st , 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by June Amos Grammer. Bookseller stamp on back cover. Very clean.

NY, Walker Childrens, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY KIMBLE opposite the title page. Warren Kimble, America's foremost contemporary folk artist, lets his favorite cats out of the bag in his first picture book for the very young. From fat cats to clean cats to curious cats, these clever word pairs capture familiar feline behavior and attitudes in all their quirky glory. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon Schuster, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with color plates. SIGNED BY L'ENGLE on title page. The birth of Jesus was a Glorious Impossible. Like love, it cannot be explained, it can only be rejoiced in. And that is what master storyteller Madeleine L'Engle does in this written narrative, inspired by Giotto's glorious frescoes from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. With a simple clarity that illuminates the life of Christ, Madeleine L'Engle gives eloquent voice to the miracle of God's love.

Hardcover. New York, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY ON BLANK PRELIM PAGE WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. 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. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated red paper covered boards over black cloth spine; illustrated endpapers. Illustrated stylistically in black and white by Richard M. Powers. 64 pages, "the exaggerated nonsense, the bellylaugh humor, and the colorful salt-water lingo of Miss Ritchie's story clearly stem from the well-loved American traditional tale. But it is also as modern as today, and Richard M. Powers has designed and illustrated it with the bold, freewheeling vigor of our times." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY/Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED with a little sketch of a badger by Begin.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1947, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 92 pages. 23 stories illustrated in color and b&w by Al Dempster and Bill Justice. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Cardboard backstrip gone. Cover pastedown beginning to peel off, covers worn. Name on title page. The interior is bright and clean. No dustjacket.

Hardcover. New York , Lee & Low Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color by Ted Lewin. SIGNED BY BOTH author and illustrator. Describes the Mongolian terrain, people, culture, and day-to-day activities while focusing on Naadam, the annual summer festival.

Hardcover. New York, Michael di Capua Books/HarpersCollins Publishers, 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ON BLANK PRELIM PAGE. Story retold by Tor Seidler. Maroon boards with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Fred Marcellino. No signs of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a beautiful children's book in superb condition.

Hardcover. Kansas City, Hallmark Children's Editions, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a die-cut revealing boy inside. Three-color illustrations by John Overmyer. A third grader finds himself in a lot of trouble after he learns all about exaggeration from a wily alley cat.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SHULEVITZ on title page. In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy - until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more. With his soothing text and gentle, whimsical illustrations, Uri Shulevitz has created the ultimate sleepy sleepy bedtime story. So Sleepy Story was a 2006 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.

Hardcover. New York, SeaStar Books, revised edition, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminate illustrated covers, beautiful color illustrations throughout by Aliki. Slight rubbing to covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Wiseman. Weekly Reader Book Club Ed. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY BROWN. Chowder is a hilarious and heartwarming story that introduces an endearing new character: a weird but completely loveable bulldog who learns to make friends by being true to his quirks.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky, minor corner and edge wear, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribners Sons, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow pictorial cloth, illustrated in color by Kahl. A boy named Christopher sets off from his village to find real giants. Weekly Reader Edition. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jscket. SIGNED BY CHAST on dedication page. t's time for bed again, and Marco, a small red bird who lives with his (human) mother and father, simply has too much to do! He's got masterpieces to paint, underwater inventions to create, halfpipes to skate -- or better yet, inventions to create so that he can paint underwater while skateboarding at a world-class level! How can it possibly all get done? When one idea builds on top of another, and every object he encounters just screams inspiration, why would Marco ever want to put on his pajamas and brush his beak? With humor and a great deal of energy, this delightful new character from acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast will rev kids up and wear them out--just in time for bed.

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Shuster, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR KNIGHT on front flyleaf. Scrapbook section written by Marie Brenner. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Adhesive residue on rear dj. Light age toning to top text block edge. Color illustrations throughout. A bright and tight copy.