Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY PETER MCCARTY WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH ON TITLE PAGE. 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. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY THATCHER HURD ON TITLE PAGE. Pictorial covers, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Laura Geringer Book/HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY RICHARD EGIELSKI ON TITLE PAGE. Pictorial covers, acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH KATE AND JIM MCMULLAN ON TITLE PAGE. Pictorial covers, acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Barce & Co, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR TO FRONT ENDPAPER. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, 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. New York, Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY DAVID SHANNON ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles, acetate-protected dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. Spine crisp and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ROSEMARY WELLS ON TITLE PAGE. 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. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY WENDY WATSON TO HALF TITLE PAGE. 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. New York, Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc., 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ASHLEY WOLFF ON FRONT ENDPAPER WITH INSCRIPTION "FOR A VERY SPECIAL SOMEBODY!" AND ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. Lovely full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ASHLEY WOLFF ON TITLE PAGE WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. Blue board with black cloth spine, pictorial dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Extremely slight rubbing to dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, World Publishing Co, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY ED YOUNG ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Light blue cloth covers with gilt embossed graphic of swan to front and titles to spine, pictorial dust jacket, gorgeous full-page color illustrations. Very mild rubbing to dust jacket, price-clipped; overall a beautiful, clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY PAUL ZELINSKY ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY PAUL O. ZELINSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Caldecott Winner for 1998. 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. First printing. no sticker.
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. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Yellow cloth covers, green dust jacket with color illustration, dust jacket acetate-protected, beautiful large full-color illustrations by Watson. Light chipping to front top edge of dust jacket, price-clipped, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations by Ed Young. Dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Green cloth covers with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, color illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with lovely color plates. Small clipped color illustrated article from unknown publication on Maurice Sendak included. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, very faint small brown stain to bottom right front corner of dust jacket, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very nice, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated in color, beautiful full page color illustrations by Diane Goode. Covers, dust jacket and pages crisp, clean and unmarked, spine stiff and tight; a beautiful children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Orange covers, dust jacket completely illustrated in color and protected with acetate-covering, lovely full-color illustrations by the author. Very light edgewear to dust jacket, very small area of sticker residue to upper right corner of acetate dust jacket covering, pages and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red illustrated boards, no dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. Rubbing and edgewear to boards, corners worn, especially top of spine., though book binding is not affected, pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Early printing, mid-50s, 16 titles on rear cover starting with Yertle the Turtle. This is the tall 12x9 retail edition; not the smaller book club edition. Copyright page has the Redbook reference that was removed in the bookclub editions. This copy has the original illustration of 2 Seuss characters with a black complexion from the fictional African island of Yerka; which has since become objectionable; also stereotypical drawings of Asian characters.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Brown cloth covers with blue metallic titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Very light edgewear to dust jacket; otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages, clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue cloth covers with silver titles to spine, dust jacket completely illustrated in color, acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Slight rubbing to dust jacket with small brown marking to dust jacket at the right edge, otherwise covers and pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Behind the scenes story of "Tales of Beatrix Potter," the ballet-film. Dark brown boards with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with protective acetate covering, profusely illustrated with lovely color and b&w plates. Slight edgewear to covers, very mild rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Callaway/Hyperion, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Covers completely illustrated in color, high-quality and stiff papers, gorgeous, bold, full-page color illustrations by Michael Roberts. Slight rubbing to covers, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in great condition. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Book Club edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Translated from Yiddish by author and Elizabeth Shub. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely large, full-color illustrations by Margot Zemach. A retelling of a classic tale pits Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, against Shlimazel, the wicked spirit of bad luck, in a confrontation that enables a poor but honest lad to win and marry a king's daughter. Rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, foxing to covers, especially at edges, pages clean, crisp and unmarked.
Hardcover. New York, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Yellow cloth covers with red titles to spine and embossed graphic illustration of frogs to front, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, numerous beautiful color plates by Margot Zemach, b&w illustrated figures throughout. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, light foxing to top edge, pages and covers crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Pale yellow boards with red titles to spine and red illustrated figure to front cover, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely tri-tone color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, with a few quarter-inch tears to edges, price-clipped, otherwise covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a neat, tight children's book in great condition.
Hardcover. Chicago, Book House For Children, 30th printing, 1954, Book: Very Good, Textured blue-purple cloth covers with gilt titles, set-in circular color plate to front with embossed border, decorative illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with color illustrations by Katharine Sturges. Slight edgewear and rubbing to covers, spine stiff and tight, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a beautiful clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. Chicago, Books House for Children, 28th pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Light blue textured covers with gilt titles to front and spine, set-in circular color illustrated plate with gilt embossed border, decorated endpapers, profusely illustrated with lovely color plates by Maud and Miska Petersham. Light soiling and edgewewar to covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely collection of nursery rhymes.
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. New York, HarperCollins, reprint, n.d. (2002), Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SENDAK ON TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, lovely full page tri-tone illustrations by Sendak. Extremely slight wear to dust jacket, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue boards with gilt titles to front and spine, endpapers decorated with orange monotone illustrations, 4 full-color tissue-protected illustrated plates including frontispiece, 10 full page and 41 small b&w plates, all by De Bosschere. Mild soiling to covers, slight wear to cover edges and corners, previous owner's pencil inscription to front endpaper; overall a very neat, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1st library ed, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Cloth covers and dust jacket illustrated in color, dj with acetate protective covering, lovely color illustrations by Tony Palazzo. Slight rubbing to covers, light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY MATTEO PERICOLI ON TITLE PAGE WITH ILLUSTRATED SKETCH. Two-sided book with drawings of the Manhattan skyline: "Matteo Pericoli began his drawings of the Manhattan skyline in 1998. More than two years, fifteen hundred buildings, and nineteen bridges later, he finished two continuous scrolls, one of the West Side and one of the East Side, each thirty-seven feet long." Hard blue and red covers with white titles and yellow graphic illustration, full page b&w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to covers, pages clean, crisp and unmarked, binding stiff and tight; an excellent copy of a beautiful and unusual book.
Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. Color-illustrated boards, lovely color illustrations in margins, decorated endpapers. Edgewear to covers; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue cloth covers, white dust jacket with b&w illustration, lovely full page b&w illustrations by Malcolm Carrick. Light rubbing to dust jacket, small half-inch tear to upper dust jacket edge of rear panel at spine; clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Book Club Ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 44 pages. Laminate dust jackets illustrated to appear as classic b&w composition notebook, blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, mylar protective covering, lovely b&w illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Price-clipped, previous owner's short ink inscription to front endpaper, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a lovely children's book.
Hardcover. New York, Ginee Seo Books/Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BARYSHNIKOV AND RADUNSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Glossy dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, beautiful full page color illustrations by Vladimir Radunsky. No wear to book or dust jacket; a gorgeous children's book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Ginee Seo Books/Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, SIGNED BY BARYSHNIKOV AND RADUNSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Glossy dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, beautiful full page color illustrations by Vladimir Radunsky. No wear to book or dust jacket; a gorgeous children's book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY RAUL COLON ON TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Raul Colon. No wear to dust jacket or covers; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Inc., 1st, 2007, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, SIGNED BY DIANE GOODE ON TITLE PAGE. Green boards with embossed graphic of alligator to front, white glossy dust jacket with color illustration, lovely full page color illustrations by Diane Goode. No wear to book or dust jacket; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, laminate boards with dust jacket wraparound illustrated in color. Beautiful watercolors by Ted Lewin. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a lovely children's book.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY ON TITLE PAGE. Red laminate covers and white laminate dust jacket with color illustration, lovely full page color illustrations by McCully. Clean covers and dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a beautiful children's book.
Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY GRAMATKY ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Brown cloth covers, color illustrated dust jacket, decorated endpapers, numerous color illustrations by Gramatky throughout. Light edgewear to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, paste-down front endpaper partially detached from cover at hinge, though binding still intact; overall a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Part of the World of Tomorrow Series. Color-illustrated boards, blue cloth binding, color and b&w illustrations throughout by Sarah De Frehn. Edgewear and rubbing to covers, crisp pages, binding loose through all pages still attached.
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. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2nd, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Color illustrations. Light edge wear, rubbing to covers and spine. Covers and end papers slightly soiled; else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, G. P. Putnam and Sons, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages. Color illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ARTIST. Pictorial dust jacket with very slight wear. Overall, a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover,192 pages. SIGNED BY MARGUERITE DE ANGELI ON TITLE PAGE. Light tan cloth covers, 16 full-page color plates, profusely illustrated with b&w illustrations. Mild rubbing and soiling to cloth covers, crease and faint erased-pencil marks to half-title page, otherwise page crisp and unmarked, tight binding. No dust jacket.
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Price: $60.00
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.