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

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Garden City Publishing, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, squarish book about 10 by 11 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Based on the Disney animated feature film. Color illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Illustrated throughout in color & black/white by the Disney artists. Hinges cracked, mild soil to covers, a tear to last page about 5" long. no loss of paper. No markings.

Hardcover. Brooklyn NY, Handprint, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated boards, 40 pages. n his magnificent interpretation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poem, Christopher Bing seamlessly weaves history and imagination into a rich portrait of an American hero. A meticulous researcher, Bing includes material that provides texture to history, maps that follow the British campaign to quell the rebellious citizenry, as well as the patriot s ride into the Massachusetts night of April, 1775. Documents firmly affixed into the book, including the British general s orders to his troops and Revere s own deposition relating the events, give the reader not only a visual experience but a tactile one as well. Far more than a brilliantly presented history lesson, this book represents a tour de force of coherent artistic vision. In an extraordinary series of rich and moody engravings, from the mysteriously shimmering rigging of the British sloop, The Somerset, looming in a moonlit Boston harbor to the taut urgency of a man and his horse galloping at a combustible moment in the American experience, this book illuminates our country s past unlike any other. Small inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Moser. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Running Press, 3rd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with cover label. 64 pages in color. Christopher Wormell's magnificent, color-drenched linoleum-block illustrations grace this alphabet book, so handsomely designed it's sure to appeal to discriminating adults as well as to children. The award-winning British artist, whose previous work An Alphabet of Animals took the top graphics prize at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair, has created all new artwork for his latest interpretation of the alphabet, featuring glorious images of animals from armadillo to zorilla (a skunklike creature). Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 109 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. This retrospective volume is not intended to illustrate a particular story, but to display the full range of her abilities, and it is arranged according to the seasons she celebrates in her art. There are fifty of her hand-colored woodcuts in full color and an equal number in black and white. The book is large format because that is the way she works and that's what does her work justice. The text, written by her friend Lilias Hart, discusses not only her work, but also what life is like in the rigorous reaches of Northern Vermont.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, 1st , 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, color illustrations by Ted Lewis - their first collaboration. The Lewins trek through the heat, humidity, mud, and dense vegetation of the Impenetrable Forest of southern Uganda to visit mountain gorilla families and observe the gorillas in their natural habitat.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, Unknown, 1907, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 70 pages. Grey cloth illustrated cover, heavily soiled. B&W plates by the author throughout, one color plate. Heavy edgewear, smudging and some crayon marks throughout. Stamped and inscribed by previous owner. Binding cracked. Scarce edition. Illustrated throughout with clever line drawings which hide an additional item. Clues are given below each picture. An answer page describing the location of each hidden picture is included at the rear.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Laszlo Gal. A stirring picture-book rendition of the Norse myth of how Iduna's apples kept Odin and the other gods from growing old, until Thiassi, a monstrous giant in hideous bird shape, plotted to kidnap her and gain the power of the apples. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 8th pr, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 103 pages, illustrated in color by Anno. Glossy boards, no dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy. Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth covers with blue label on cover. "1" on copyright page. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. 54 pages illustrated in color by Doris Lee. Mild soil to covers. In this charming story Quillow, a tiny toymaker, defeats a ferocious giant, Hunder, saving his town from destruction.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 2nd pr., 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Non-paginated. hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Richard Floethe. Dust jacket with edgewear, chunk gone from front panel, chipping and small tears.

Hardcover. New York, Silver Burnett, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages illustrated mostly in color by Dorothy Bayley. Illustrated cloth covers. Previous owner's inscription opposite title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Ib Ohlsson. Remainder mark on bottom-edge. Colorful facts about Stetson's life in this account of a man whose legacy includes more than a hat.

Hardcover. NY, Sea Star Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Kinuko Y. Craft. Tight copy with only minor wear to cover edges.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated with 4 color plates, many b&w drawings by Margaret Freeman. Blue cloth covers with red design, spine faded. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean, very good internally.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 3rd pr., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, SIGNED BY DAY on the front fly leaf in her formal cursive style. No dust jacket issued. Join beloved babysitting Rottweiler Carl in author/artist Alexandra Day's perfectly joyous holiday children's picture book, Carl's Christmas . After helping baby decorate the family tree, Carl and his charge share an adventure-filled Christmas Eve complete with window shopping, giving to the needy, and a visit with Santa Claus. Like new.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Holiday House, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lobel. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Evan Turk. As an observant child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees--and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art--by disarming classmates who bully him because he's Jewish, by defying his teachers' insistence that he paint beautiful landscapes rather than true stories, by urging the US government to pass Depression-era laws to help people find food and jobs. In this moving and timely portrait, award-winning author Cynthia Levinson and illustrator Evan Turk honor an artist, immigrant, and activist whose work still resonates today: a true painter for the people.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Lettimore. In a carefully researched, lavishly illustrated original tale of long ago, Deborah Nourse Lattimore transports readers back through time to a land where Shoguns rule and mythical creatures abound. Focusing on one of her favorite periods in history--Japan's Edo period--Lattimore writes of a poor birdcatcher named Hideo who is banished from his village when he is accused of being the evil bandit who steals from Shogun and villager alike. Finding shelter under the boughs of a tree, Hideo hears a rustling and makes a catch beyond his wildest dreams. Painted in the art style of the Edo period, each spread is breathtaking in its detail; every page is awash in shimmering and vibrant color.

Hardcover. Natick MA, Picture Studio Studio, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 30 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. Previous owner's signature inside front cover, minor wear to board edges.

Hardcover. Chicago, Johnny Gruelle Co., reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, color illustrated by Gruelle's son, Worth Gruelle. Large chunk gone from top inside of title page. Cardboard covers with edgewear, light marking to one page in rear of book. Previous owner's sticker on front end page otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Universal Budget Systems, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations by Erika throughout. Decorated cover boards. Boards have a touch of agewear (see images). Pages are slighted tanned from age. Previous owner's inscription on title page.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 143 pages, blue cloth covers with gilt design and lettering. Color frontispiece, 10 color plates and many b&w drawings by Harold Copping. No date but appears to be 1920s. Edited by Percy Fitzgerald. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Philomel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Learn to count with the #1 New York Times bestselling artist of The Day the Crayons Quit and his hilarious cast of Hueys!"Is none a number?" you might ask. I'm glad you did. The answer is Yes! For example, how many lumps of cheese do you see next to you? The answer, depending on where you are, is likely "none." Counting with the reader all the way up to ten, the Hueys explain numbers as only they can. Such as: The number 4 is the number of tantrums thrown by Dave every day. 7 is the number of oranges balanced on things. And 9 is the number of seagulls who attacked Frank's French fries. Together they make quite a spectacle. But when you take away all of these fun illustrations in the book? You're left with none!

Hardcover. Chicago, Illinois, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st US, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Ex-library copy, minor stamping. Book shows some wear. Color illustrations by Bannon. Hardbound, bright, clean dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Treasure Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, 28 pages. Color drawings throughout by Art Seiden. Light cover wear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Pink & black & white illustrations by Geisert. Dust jacket shows very minor wear, mostly nice condition. A follow-up to the artist's Oink. More adventures of his favorite pig family. A wordless picture-book.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, clean condition. Color illustrations by Chorao. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated boards, spiral bound, color art by McKean. Seven color spreads feature moveable sliding frames with pull-ribbons. All functional and attached. The red plastic spiral binding needs repair. The top 3 rings have on ring missing and the bottom three rings are missing. All the holes are intact, untorn and appear repairable. Good plus condition, fragile, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Armenian folk tale retold by Kherdian. Color illustrations by his wife, Nonny Hogrogian. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice color illustrations by Etienne Delessert. Great, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black, 126 pages, line drawings in brown by Paul Brown. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, light shelf wear, tanning to endpapers, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1st, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. With color title-page, fourteen leaves of color plates, and b&w drawings by Hopkins. Covers worn at edges, corners, paper spine gone. There is some pencil marking to front endpapers but interior pages and all color plates are bright and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Colorful collage illustrations by Lois Ehlert. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Ward Lock and Co., 6h Ed., nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with color label on cover, 256 pages. illustrated with 12 color, 250 b&w illustrations. Light soil, chipping to covers, otherwise very good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white line drawings by Uri Shulevitz. Library Binding Ed. (not ex-lib.) Light spotting on rear cover otherwise, clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gay. Morrow Eagle Library Edition. Minor wear to dust jacket. Hardbound. Make-believe and reality are beautifully intertwined when a toddler invites first a butterfly and then others to go for a ride on his stroller. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Winner, beautifully illustrated by author. Very clean and tight copy. Complete number line with "1". No award sticker on jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st illust., 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red embossed covers with gilt decoration of two children in profile. One volume from the publisher's 10 volume series, 381 pages. Notable for the full color plates by Henry Pitz, 16 in all. Illustrated endpapers of young children in field of flowers (by another artist). Interior clean, very good.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ALEXANDER half title-page. Color illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Small tear to front dust jacket cover but otherwise lovely, new-looking, clean condition. States First Edition but number line starts with 2.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated by the author throughout, minor dust jacket edge wear, else, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Ars Edition, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Approximately 5 3/4" x 4 3/4", 18 pages. English version by John Theobald. Bohatta was a Austrian writer/artist whose titles were republished in the U.S. in small printings. Charming color illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 54 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Shows some wear and age.

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. New York , Putnams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 74 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY DE PAOLA on title-page. Illustrated in B&W by De Paola. Clean, tight copy.

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.

NY, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Tim Raglin.Poor Bill! He is a bull with a passion for fine china. But, as we all know, bulls and china don't really go together too well - or is that just prejudice? In fact, Bill is a perfect collector of the most charming china cups, and only starts to break things when he is made to feel nervous. This is a delightful book about a bull, a china shop and three very kind old ladies. Clean copy.