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

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. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st , 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Howard V. Brown. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Corners bumped, light soil to covers. Fraying and edgewear moderate.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 42 pages. Hardcover. Features 6 full color and black & white illustrations in text by Edwin Willard Deming. Short separations of preliminary pages from interior hinge at top and bottom. Areas of foxing and abrasion to title page. Printers unusual binding method has created creasing before the page margins. Short closed tears on some pages. Front cover pastedown intact with some surface abrasions. Scarce.

NY, The Viking Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth boards, 40 pages illustrated in color and b&w by the D'Aulaires. Ex-lib with endpapers marking and residue but interior is clean and bright. 14th printing, originally published in 1935. Small sticker on spine.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers. Color illustrations by Lillian Hoban. Some light abrasions to cloth covers. Remainder mark on bottom. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Hardcover, oblong salmon cloth-covered boards, illustrated paper label on front cover, wear to corners. Prose and poetry on eleven aspects of Pueblo Indian life, each passage accompanied by a beautiful color illustration after watercolors by Native American artists, including Allan Houser, an Apache who was the great-grandson of Geronimo and Gerald Nailor, a Navajo; both of whom studied at the Santa Fe School. Mild soil, shelfwear. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. This hilarious book manages to illustrate a fact or two about shapes while providing a three-dimensional stomping ground for best friends Moose and Zebra. What will happen? Who will save the day? It's all up in the air until the final page, where Moose and Zebra (and Cat, too) create a perfect--and perfectly heartwarming--ending. This stand-alone companion to Z Is for Moose features a multilayered story told through text, asides, conversation bubbles, and pictures. Themes of friendship, exploration, and conflict resolution--and of course the concept of shapes, including the shape of a book--make this an ideal read-aloud for the elementary school classroom and for home!

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1sr, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Janet Chenery. Dust jacket with $1.95 price at top right corner of inside flap. Light foxing to front and rear endpapers, and some pages. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. NY, David McKay Company, 1st thus, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. A collection of the author's holiday books published previously. Color illustrations throughout by Tudor. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. US, Jumping Jack Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 14th printing, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 46 pages, color illustrations by Marshall, clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A cat finds himself up a tree and won't come down until supper (in the form of a fisherman's catch) passes him by. A wordless picture book with amazing b&w drawings by Young. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Dial Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR with drawing on front end paper. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Whoever heard of a dog who can sing, cook and do DIY around the house? He makes a lot of noise and mess, but he's forgiven as does fix the TV. Not until the very end do we, or the hapless Wimbledon family, see just exactly what Stanley the dog has been planning all along! Long listed for the UKLA Award 2022. A wonderful read-aloud rhyme describing the night of a family who are kept awake by the antics of their talented dog, Stanley, only to discover at the end just what Stanley is up to!

New York, Clarion Books, 4th pr., 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.

Hardcover. San Diedo CA, Silver Dolphin, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Children and parents will love this cleverly crafted interactive adventure. Kids get to turn flaps to reveal pop-up surprises on every page; which ends with an entire pop-up scene. When Winnie Wolf Cub finds a feather in the forest, she is determined to find its owner as well. She meets a lot of new friends in her search, but no one with a black and white feather. Will she ever find its owner? Lift the flaps that appear throughout this pop-up adventure and see! Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. extensive color illustrations by Patrick McDonnell throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harlin Quist Inc., reprint, 1973, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. English translation Ciba Vaughan. Color illustrations by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Violet end papers, burgundy cloth covers with gold lettering on spine. Dust jacket faded by sun with minor tears. Dust jacket protected by acrylic cover.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Co, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. It is 1897. As Teddy Roosevelt breaks camp on the western plains, an elk calf is born in the Olympic Mountains. Nearby, a great bull sharpens his antlers, bobwhites call from the sage grass, and a waterfall glitters in the sunlight. In the coming year, the calf will learn much about survival. It will also be a year of enlightenment for Teddy Roosevelt. Soon to become one of the most beloved leaders of the United States, Roosevelt will take steps to conserve the wild places and animals of America so that future generations may enjoy them, too. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Milton Glaser. SIGNED by both Shirley and Milton Glaser. When Harry Hare and Tommy Tortoise decide to have a race, Harry takes off like the wind. In this version, Harry passes some world-famous sights, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and more! But when he grows weary and stops for a nap-guess who manages to beat him to the finish? In this clever format, though, the end is also the beginning, as the book turns over to keep the story continuing again and again. Parents will love sharing this age-old fable with their children through this ingeniously designed picture book.

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. NY, Lothrop Lee Shepard/Morrow, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Jim LaMarche.The story is about a mother who tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Marshall Cavendish , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations. SIGNED by Spirin on the half title page. Gennady Spirin has taken a favorite childhood tale and imbued it with charm, dressing his bears in Renaissance costumes and providing whimsical and charming furniture designed for their country dwelling. Each spread-painted in watercolor, pen, and ink-brings renewed life to this endearing children's classic in a way that only a master illustrator can. No wonder Goldilocks want to sample the bears' porridge, sit on their chairs, and rest on their beds!

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. London, Frederick Warne, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in gilt and black. Reprint edition of this charming tale of an adventurous toad who wished to see if the world were really round and found that it was the "Roundest place I ever was in". Four color and many b&w illustrations by Leslie Brooke. No date, but assumed 1930.

Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Signed with a sketch by McCarty. A young boy sees a plane overhead and imagines himself in it, traveling all the way to the moon. What does he see on his way? With characteristically spare prose, Caldecott Honor winner Peter McCarty invites readers along for an imaginary trip from the earth to the moon and back again, visiting trains, planes, and boats along the way. McCarty's luminous illustrations make the boy's fantasy into a dreamlike journey that ends in his mother's arms-a perfect way to end the day.

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. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 28 pages. A lovely copy of a classic Beatrix Potter tale with wonderful color illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Children's Books, 1st thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED by illustrator Kellogg.

Hardcover. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Scarce in dust jacket. 242 pages, 19 full-color plates. Red top edge. Chipping, tears, small pieces missing from dust jacket; in brodart. Some pages still uncut. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive cloth with illustration of frog standing on his head on cover. two-color illustrations throughout by Wallace Tripp. Convinced he will never master the proper frog sounds, a young frog goes off to the woods where he meets a young owl in a similar predicament. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Abrams Books for Young Readers, 6th pr, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED by illustrator. The family in 365 Penguins finds a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door every day for a year. At first they're cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up--along with the family's problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They're noisy and smelly, and they always hog the bathroom! And who on earth is sending these kwak-ing critters? Bright, striking illustrations with lots of opportunity for counting (and lots of laughs).

Hardcover. New York , Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 147 pages, illustrated throughout in red and black. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on prelim page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Champaign IL, Garrard Pub. Co , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial yellow cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Tom Eaton. Kara Kangaroo tries several cures for sleep-jumping until she finally devises a method to weight herself down. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, McSweeney's, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Very good hardback bound in publisher's shaped boards cut in the shape of a house and issued without a jacket. SIGNED in black marker by Barnett and Horowitz on the rear board.

Hardcover. New York, Holiday House, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on front flyleaf. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Slight bowing to front panel. Minor rubbing and chipping to dust jacket. Light age toning to text block. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. A clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Tricycle Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The Tooth Fairy has some competition. Meet El Raton Perez, the charming and adventurous mouse who collects children's teeth in Spain and Latin America. When both the Tooth Fairy and El Raton Perez arrive to claim Miguelito's tooth, sparks fly under the Mexican-American boy's pillow. Who will rightfully claim his tooth? This magical tale introduces a legendary Latino character to a new audience and provides a fresh take on the familiar childhood experience of losing one's tooth. Lovely color illustrations by Tom Lintern. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Brown. SIGNED BY BROWN. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 3rd pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Based on a new translation by Aliana Brodmann. Measures approximately 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Beautiful color plates by Gennady Spirin. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NP, Enchanted Lion Books, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 48 pages, a reprint of Flora's book published in 1957. Whimsical b&w drawings with color by the artist.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright dust jacket with a short repaired tear. Color illustrations by Winter. As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans. . . . This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. Stiker on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins Publishers, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Small hardcover with dust jacket. Color and black and white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. SIGNED BY SENDAK. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. The story of an industrious little boy who listens to too many peoples' advice! Set in Ireland. Color and 2-color illustrations throughout by Ervine Metzl. Dj price blacked out, mild soil to rear of jacket otherwise clean.