Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday and Company , reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. All 12 tales, 84 pages with 72 color illustrations throughout by Nicolas. No date but ISBN # suggests early 1970s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Phaidon Press, 1st us, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Wonderful color illustrations by the master Ungerer. An old teddy bear recalls his life, beginning as a birthday present, later shared by two boys separated under European bombardment, companion to the daughter of an American soldier whose life he had saved, battered by nasty boys, trashed, and restored as a collector's item displayed in an antique shop. The moving denouement re-unites the two men, who as boys were separated by war's travails.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Childrens Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. When Peter Bruegel, a young painter from Antwerp, went on a journey to Rome in 1550 to study and see the art and ruins of Rome, he found himself facing unexpected dangers along the way that were later reflected in his work when he became known as the Northern Renaissance master. Color illustrations by Shafer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Holiday House, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR, Michael McCurdy. Illustrated with sepia wood engravings. Blind-stamped boards. Dust Jacket lightly faded. Clean, tight copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman and Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with pictorial label on front cover. 13 full page plates by James Cannon. Horses depicted include The Hunter, Sheltand Pony, Cowboy and Pinto, American Saddle Horse and Policeman; Circus Horse and Bareback rider.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Calef Brown throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Tasha Tudor with 22 large oval watercolors. Poetry collected by Karen Ackerman. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color illustrations by author.

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The fifth title in the series featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Full page color illustrations by Oliver Jeffers throughout. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Stated on copyright page "Published, September, 1904" with Scribner seal and 1904 printed on title page A clean, unmarked copy complete with 8 color plates plus a color illustrated title page. Bound in black cloth hardcover with illustrated color pastedown on front, gilt titled spine. Printed endpapers with wonderful lobster art. NOTE: No tissue guards on plates which has caused some foxing/tanning to the color plates (mostly in the margins), no top edge gilt, A clean, sound copy otherwise.

Hardcover. New York, Callaway Editions , Reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 25 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gutter crack to front flyleaf. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 6th pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Meet Mr. Gilly. He cleans up Trashy Town. Theres trash at the pizza parlor, trash at the school, and trash at every house. Its a big job, but Mr. Gilly does it with a big truck, a big smile, and loads of style. Trashy Town features a rhythmic, repeatable refrain that will have children clamoring for repeat readings. Dynamic art from acclaimed illustrator Dan Yaccarino puts the zip in Mr. Gillys stride and adds style and charm to trash collection. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. FRENCH TEXT. Illustrated in color by Kahl. Light edgewear to cover boards.

Hardcover. NY, Kokila/Penguin, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. One winter morning, Lina wakes up to silence. It's the sound of snow -- the kind that looks soft and glows bright in the winter sun. But as she walks to her grandmother's house to help make the family recipe for warak enab, she continues to listen. As Lina walks past snowmen and across icy sidewalks, she discovers ten ways to pay attention to what might have otherwise gone unnoticed. With stunning illustrations by Kenard Pak and thoughtful representation of a modern Arab American family from Cathy Camper, Ten Ways to Hear Snow is a layered exploration of mindfulness, empathy, and what we realize when the world gets quiet. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover mini book with dust jacket. Illustrated by author. Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated with a little boy or girl and an object.

Hardcover. London, Whizzard Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket depicting Alice stretching to put an envelope into a red cast iron Victorian postal box, illustrated with philatelic color images (stamps and covers mainly) relating to Alice by Tenniel, pictorial end-papers with B&W images of Lewis Carroll & Sir John Tenniel, 48 pages. An unusual reprise of postal images relating to Tenniel's classic illustrations of Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Bookplate on dedication page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light bump to corners. Gutter lightly cracked in rear. Light soil on rear cover.

Hardcover. Twirl, 1stEnglish Ed., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. What's out in space? Can we travel to other planets? What do astronauts do? Children can find out the answers to these questions and more in this accessible and interactive guide. The multilayered 3-D scenes leap off every page, allowing young readers to experience space in a unique way. 10 big multilayered pop-ups, one on every spread! Descriptive text and labeled illustrations for quick and easy learning Built-in elastic bands that allow readers to display their favorite scenes on a bookcase or desk Sturdy construction that's perfect for at-home or on-the-go From exploring the planets and landing on the moon to planning future space missions, this first title in the new Pop-Up Guide series brings to life dramatic settings that capture children's imagination and encourage them to find out more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY GENNADY SPIRIN opposite title page in gold ink, and SIGNED BY JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS in blue felt pen ink in title page. Tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Good+ clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front with overall light soiling to the covers, blunting to the tips, and light signs of handling; lacking dust jacket. 1970 Caldecott Honor book.

Hardcover. NY, Hawthorn Books, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages, b&w photographs. Lively account of the day-to-day care and training of horses experienced by many teens at horse farms in summer. In a lightly worn dust jacket.

Hardcover. HY, Beginner Books/Random House, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 61 pages illustrated in color by P.D. Eastman. Originally published in 1962. A delightful ode to winter. Brrrrr--it snowed! From snowball fights and skiing to fort building and snowman-making, P. D. Eastman and Roy McKie's Snow will have young readers eager for the kind of fun only a wintry-white day can bring. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Seymour Chwast celebrates the daily routine of getting dressed in this fittingly whimsical and satisfyingly unique novelty book. Unlike more traditional books on this topic that deal with the how of getting dressed, Get Dressed! instead tackles the why. The text "Get dressed to read about dragons" accompanies an illustration of a boy dressed in a makeshift knight costume. A girl in full floral garb stands in a garden alongside the text "Get dressed to hide." The book features half and full gatefolds, which foreshadow the items of clothing to be seen and provide surprise reveals on each spread. With a die-cut magnetic closure, even the cover invites readers to peek inside!

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Hardcover board book illustrated by Marla Frezee. Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They're kissed and dressed and rocked and fed and completely adored by families that love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, this book is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and, of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best. Clean copy. No "Baby on Board" window cling. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers;, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 42 pages. Mixed-media collage illustrations, prominently featuring oversize, digitally altered photographs of human heads, reflect Garmann's anxious thoughts in his last summer before he begins school. Signs of autumn abound in nature and in his elderly aunts' annual visit. The six-year-old side of Garmann thinks his aunts are shrinking and soon may not be able to see over the grass, naively offers one aunt his skateboard when she says that soon she will need a walker, and worries because he has not lost his first tooth.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, Long ago in Italy, a mighty asparagus grew smack-dab in front of the king's castle. Was the king happy about it? No. The asparagus had to go. But how does a king reason with an asparagus of such stature? With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Vladimir Radunsky tells the uproarious tale of an almost immovable vegetable. Drawing on Italian Renaissance art, the esteemed artist creates a breathtaking magical kingdom, where it's easy to imagine that such an asparagus existed. His artwork is as gorgeous as it is funny. Although the old masters may turn over in their graves, readers of all ages will clamor for more of The Mighty Asparagus.

Hardcover. NY, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. On a sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, the local firemen spray a group of bored city kids with cool water from their hoses. In the water-drenched moments that follow, the children make the most of this unexpected treat. Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem comes alive with charming and exuberant woodcuts by David Frampton, creating an adventure that readers of all ages will enjoy.

Hardcover. Racine Wi, Whitman Publishing, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. 28 pages with red and blue line illustrations and blue text inside. Stapled binding. A good copy of a fragile book. Light pencil marking.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. First published in 1916, this handsome new edition of a much-loved classic features all twelve of John R. Neill's original color plates as well as his nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. London/NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st US, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. At the edge of the forest, Mrs. Fox looks out at her babies frolicking in the snow. Suddenly, the little ones stray too far away and in an instant Mrs. Fox loses sight of them. She embarks on a search for the missing kits, hampered by the dense trees and the deep snow. Can the reader help her find them? Mrs. Fox is a classic hide-and-seek story told through clever and beautiful paper cutouts and engaging illustrations. Young readers will enjoy finding the little foxes on the page as much as flipping through the large format, die cut pages. Illustrated in color throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jerry Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY.

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In rural Quebec in the 1830s, Jenny is hired to help a family by cooking and cleaning after her predecessor, the beloved Emily, has died, but Jenny is mysteriously prevented from completing one of her chores. Color illustrations by Lydia Dabcovich.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated glazed boards, 62 pages illustrated in color by Hoff. Clean, bright copy .

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated with Peggy Bacon's delightful drawings of the cat's adventures. Ex-lib with writing on inside front cover, light reside to rear endpapers. Clean interior.

Hardcover. New York, Pied Piper, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by author. Clean, tight copy with minor to moderate wear on dust jacket spine.

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, no dust jacket. 48 pages illustrated by the author in b&w and two colors. When Mini finds a small moppet of a dog, with fluffy ears, no collar, and wearing yellow booties, she understandably wants to take it home. Despite Mom's insistence that the dog probably already has a family, Mini gets attached and is awfully proud of her new pal, who can sing, sit, and give both paws. But when the pup runs off one day at the park, Mini comes to understand how someone else out there might be missing the little guy too.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books or Young Readers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KELLOGG WITH ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Tight copy. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In rural Quebec in the 1830s, Jenny is hired to help a family by cooking and cleaning after her predecessor, the beloved Emily, has died, but Jenny is mysteriously prevented from completing one of her chores. Color illustrations by Lydia Dabcovich.

Hardcover. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover, no dust jacket in slip case. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 8th pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Macaulay. Lavishly illustrated Caldecott Honor book about the construction of an imaginary French Gothic cathedral. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1st, 1939, 63 pages. Small hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipped cover boards. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Kael, a black timber wolf, is captured & performs for a circus, until he has the opportunity to escape. Haunting story of a wild Wolf & the gentle man who trains him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrated boards with a edgeworn dust jacket that matches the boards. 12 color and numerous b&w illustrations by Virginia Albert. Small blue stain to edge of last 10 pages, not affecting text or pictures. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 11th, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Color, b&w Illustrations by the Hollings, big tears to 2 pgs but repairable as everything present. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.

Hardcover. Iceland, Mal Og Menning, reprint, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Pilkington. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with light to minor wear to paper wrappers. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Previous owner's markings on some pages.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 59 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Lambert Davis. Light edgewear to dust jacket , else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Newly translated by Ralph Manheim. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise bright, clean copy.