NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Color Illustrations by Gerald McDermott. Dust jacket with closed tears, edgewear.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated yellow cloth. Vigorously brings to life the story of the western folktale hero. Dramatic two-color drawings by Watson. 177 pages. Only date is 1949 but titles listed in front were printed in 1950s so a reprint. Clean copy.
NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anthony Bacon Venti. Illustrated end papers. Long before Cornwall was inhabited by humans, it was home to a myriad of mysterious creatures. This collection of stories shares the secrets of the giants, Spriggans, Knackers, and changelings who inhabited and ruled the moors, mountains, and seacoasts of Cornwall. Each shivery tale is preceeded by an introduction to Cornwall's wondrous inhabitants, and is followed by helpful tips on what to do should you encounter one of these unearthly creatures.
Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st thus, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This ia a reprint of a 1954 book. Reformatted with color tints added to Peake's original b&w drawings. A game-like book where you can guess what the illustrations represent, answer key in rear. Clean copy.
NY, Golden Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by the author. Step right up and see the dazzling displays and sensational sights of the brightest circus parade ever. From the golden calliope wagon to the proud pachyderms, each page of detailed delights will keep readers rapt. A treat for both young and old; no one will want to miss the clowns in cars and penguins in pools; ferocious felines and aerial artistry--everything that's marvelous and magical about the legendary big top! So get yourself some peanuts and cotton candy and settle in for the greatest parade on earth.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Lee Lorenz. Bottom corners and spine a bit bumped. SIGNED BY LORENZ on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in green cloth with full color paste-down on front cover. 10" x 12", former owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise unmarked. Vivid color illustrations throughout along with b&w drawings by Eulalie, Lois Lenski and others.. Contains nine traditional stories: Little Red Riding Hood, The Story of Peter Pan, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Bears, Puss in Boots, Tom Thumb and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Hardcover. Bedford, Applewood Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pop ups in very good condition. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Saalfield Publishing Co, 1st, 1936, Book: Poor, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Ve Elizabeth Cadie. Front hinge cracked. Long tears along spine cover. Wear to spine and corners. Soiling to covers.
NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Four traditional Irish tales are woven throughout this touching story of Donal O'Donnell, who has kept his heart closely guarded since the death of his son, as he is unexpectedly captivated by the stories of three peddlers, which are filled with hope, healing, and magic. Color illustrations by Loren Long.
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Barry Moser. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Andersen Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages, hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Illustrated in color by the author. While living in the underground stations during the war, Sammy helps the Raries rescue one of their children from the Rat Patrol. Clean copy.
New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., 32 pages, illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully, very clean, tight copy, like new. From skiing in January, to surfing in July, to giving in December, two energetic piglets romp through the months of the year in this delightful calendar in verse.
NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Foreman. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Illustrated end papers.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Haas. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Parragon, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This is a mix between a picture book and I Spy book. Each page features a simple sentence like "Find Little Bo Beep's lost sheep." or "Find the dish that ran away with the spoon." The pictures are beautifully illustrated and it is a perfect book to read at bedtime. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 2nd pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott Medal. Color illustrations by the author. Clean, tight copy. Second printing, without the Caldecott sticker.
Hardcover. New York, Williams Collins , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 95 pages. Generously illustrated in color and black and white. Yellow endpapers and chronological list of Tudor's books. Good tight copy. Loving portrait of her mother by the beloved children's book illustrator's daughter offered in words, intimate family photographs, paintings, illustrations, & drawings from across their lives together in the New England countryside.
NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color and black & white illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Clean copy. A new era in the history of children's books began in 1878 when Kate Greenaway's first book of pictures and verse, Under the Window, was published. This was followed by her Birthday Book, A Day in a Child's Life, Mother Goose, Little Ann, Language of Flowers, and Marigold Garden. These and the many other enchanting volumes she illustrated, gained her a devoted worldwide audience of all ages. Today's great revival of interest in Kate Greenaway's work is understandable; as an illustrator of childhood she had no equal in her day, nor has she had since. The Kate Greenaway Book contains a short biography and selections from her best-known as well as little-known works: a collection of texts and pictures, some never even published before, charmingly arranged for readers of all ages to enjoy.
Hardcover. NY , Harper & Bros., 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated in 3-colors by Averill. 64 pages, putty color cloth with red drawing of Jack Ninepines on front. Some light color fade to edges of cloth otherwise clean, tight copy. Lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket that has been price-clipped. Bound in publisher's decorated pink paper-covered boards backed with a tan cloth spine. Stated First with no other printings. "First Published September 1936" with 1936 in Roman numerals on title page. Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree. Leaf's simple storytelling paired with Lawson's pen-and-ink drawings make The Story of Ferdinand a true classic. Touch of fading to spine, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 28 pages. Color illustrations by James Stevenson. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. King Gordo is such a light sleeper that when he takes his afternoon nap, all commotion must absolutely cease, and when an unfortunate potscrubber comes down with a bad case of hiccups, the king despairs of ever getting his beauty sleep.
Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this breathtaking picture book Neil Gaiman's lyrical poem guides a novice traveler through the enchanted woods of a fairy tale--through lush gardens, a formidable castle, and over a perilous river--to find the way home again. Illustrated in full color by Charles Vess, Instructions features lush images of mythical creatures, magical landscapes, and canny princesses. Its message of the value of courage, wit, and wisdom makes it a perfect gift, particularly for graduation.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 30 pages. Color illustrations by author. Dust jacket chipping lightly at corners and spine edge. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on title page.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color woodcut illustrations by Mary Azarian and SIGNED BY AZARIAN. Like new in a dust jacket.
NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 95 pages of fables, illustrated with appropriate prints from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's print collection, with b&w illustrations and red decorations. Dust jacket price-clipped, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated in color by Trina Schart Hyman. SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY HYMAN pasted on front fly leaf. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust thus, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover, gilt stamping to spine. Six color plates, title page design and 2-color endpapers art by Peter Hurd. 279 pages. Some fading tospine gilt, light shelf wear, clean copy.
New York, Random House, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. Two-color illustrations by Catherine Barnes. Dust jacket has edgewear, missing small chunk on rear spine edge.Tom Jordan's idea for having a flea circus goes kaput when Bimbo, the family's flea-ridden dog, runs away.
Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Kalman. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to dust jacket edges.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 2nd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A coyote that has been raised by an Amish girl, escapes into the wilderness and is forced to match wits with his greatest enemy, man. B&w illustrations by John Schoenherr. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co., reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 54 pages. "A Book of Old Rhymes With New Dresses. The Music by the Earliest Masters." 11 full page color plates. All pages color illustrated and decorated by Crane. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Decorated endpapers. Pages are lightly age toned and there is some minor smudging and discoloration to endpapers. Reddish brown pictorial cloth with b/w illustration. Matching brown, black, and white pictorial dust jacket. Minor edgewear and some age soil.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages, hardcover. Illustrated in color by Bagram Ibatoulline. Very good condition with very good dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 24 pages. Rich linocut artworks portray ten key chronological moments from the story in shadowbox-style pop-ups that reward time spent poring over the details and offer fresh perspectives on the classic. Each spread is accompanied by select quotations from the book, while brief page notes provide additional context for the depicted plot moments. Clean
Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 43 pages. B&W illust. by James Stevenson. Dust jacket unclipped, very good.
Hardcover. Brookfield, Connecticut, Roaring Book Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY MACDONALD WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH TO GREEN PREVIEW PAGE. Color illustrated covers and dust jacket, acetate protective covering to dust jacket, beautiful full page color illustrations by MacDonald. No signs of wear, pages, dust jacket and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. A little fieldmouse strays into a world of giants, in this case a classroom, and lives to tell the tale. B&w illustrations by Garry MacKenzie. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st Illust. U.S., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Irene Haas and SIGNED BY HASS on title-page. Book has bump to bottom lower corner of front cover. Light rubbing on rear dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 33 pages. Full color illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats. Moisture darkening to cloth covers primarily along top edge to title, and along bottom edge Price clipped dust jacket shows light wear along edges and fading to spine. Interior clean, and bright.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated by Paul Galdone. The 50th Anniversary edition of this classic children's book. In bright dust jacket, like new.
New York, Simon & Schuster , Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-colors by Hilary Knight. SIGNED BY KNIGHT on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR WENDELL MINOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.
Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, Revised Ed., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A new edition of the 1969 book, this one with new color art by Alexander.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. INSCRIBED BY JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, The Peterkin Papers, 1st illust. thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with color paste-down on front cover. Four color plates by Harold Brett, many b&w drawings in text, not credited. 219 pages. Clean copy.
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