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

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. SIGNED BY BLISS on title page. It's Halloween night, and one very brave witch has decided to teach her little sister all about humans and what they enjoy, including some yucky stuff called "candy." But when it seems the little Witchling thinks candy is yum, her big sister flies off to set her straight--and then she gets stuck in a tree! Good thing the little Witchling isn't afraid to be brave! Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 2nd, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light soil to dust jacket. Moderate wear to cover edges. Illustrated by Glen Rounds in color and b&w.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Matthew Wheelock, Jerusha's great-great grandfather, creates an enduring legacy for his descendants as he clears his fields and uses the stones to create a marvelous stone wall. Gorgeous watercolor art by Ted Lewin.

Hardcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 pages. Hardcover with laminated boards. Each page is a movable/pop-up paper creation. Pictorial boards completely intact and in working order with no rips. Light edgewear on front and rear boards.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 3rd pr., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Chris Van Dusen. This lovely picture book is a prequel to the Mercy Watson transitional chapter books. It tells the story of how Mr and Mrs Watson came to adopt Mercy, and how Mercy first discovered her love of toast with a great deal of butter. As this book is designed for parents to read to their child, the vocabulary used is richer and more varied than that found in the Mercy Watson chapter books. The illustrations are gorgeous and inviting, and help to create warmth and spark conversation. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. White cloth boards with bright Tibetan illustration to cover by Peter Sis. Translucent vellum dust jacket. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Golden Books, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 28 pages. Color illustrations by Tony Strobl and the Mattinsons. Price sticker on rear cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 223 pages, 250 color illustrations. Betsy Beinecke Shirley, one of the great collectors of American children's literature, gathered a peerless collection of books, original illustrations, manuscripts, and ephemera. This gorgeously illustrated book presents over 200 selected original artworks from the enchanting collection she bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. Artists whose works are represented include many beloved favorites, among them Ludwig Bemelmans, Maurice Sendak, A. B. Frost, Wanda Gag, Peter Newell, N. C. Wyeth, Tony Sarg, Robert Lawson, and Johnny Gruelle. From variant illustrations for Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are to little-known sketches for nineteenth-century periodicals that delighted generations of children.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, cartoon illustrations by Syd Hoff. Light soiling to covers. Book Club edition, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Savage. Little Tug may not be very tall or very fast, but when the big ships in the harbor need help, they know they can count on him to be there with a push, a pull, and a ride to safety.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Book/Western Publishing, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated by Scarry. Harry and Larry go fishing for the Cat family's dinner, but all they catch is trouble. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. Floca proves himself masterful with this Caldecott Medal winner. The book's large format offers space for a robust story in a hefty package of information. Set in well-paced blank verse, the text begins with a quick sketch of "how this road was built" and moves abruptly to the passengers on the platform and the approaching train. The author smoothly integrates descriptions of the structure and mechanics of the locomotive, tasks of crew members, passing landscapes, and experiences of passengers. Simply sketched people and backgrounds, striking views of the locomotive, and broad scenes of unpopulated terrain are framed in small vignettes or sweep across the page. Though a bit technical in explaining engine parts, the travelogue scheme will read aloud nicely and also offers absorbing details for leisurely personal reading. Substantial introductory and concluding sections serve older readers. There's also a detailed explanation of the author's efforts and sources in exploring his subject. Train buffs and history fans of many ages will find much to savor in this gorgeously rendered and intelligent effort. True First Printing minus the stickers.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color paintings by Base. One little boy living on a farm in rural Texas gets a big surprise when he discovers tiny flying elephants under his bed. But his mom doesn't like critters in the house, so he tries to keep them a secret. Until one day they escape from his bedroom and cause havoc in the house. But when locusts invade the farm and start to destroy crops, the elephants come to the rescue!

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st thus, 2003, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated in color by Christopher Bing. A remarkable celebration from the Caldecott Honor-winning artist! A clever young boy outwits a band of voracious tigers and returns home in triumph to a splendid feast of a yard-high stack of pancakes. The story, penned by Helen Brodie Bannerman for her two daughters in 1889, has captured the imagination of readers around the world and across many generations. But the pictures which accompanied her text were crudely stereotypical and hurtful to many. Caldecott Honor-winning artist Christopher Bing has spent almost fifteen years rediscovering the joy and energy of the original story. He respects that Bannerman was writing in an Indian setting and with Indian animals-after all, there are no tigers in Africa-and faithfully adheres to the original text. However, recognizing that the image of Sambo has been used as a symbol of repression of Africans and African-Americans, Christopher Bing celebrates Sambo as proudly African, a child of beauty and joy, wit and resourcefulness.

Hardcover. Boston, Ginn and Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black lettering on cover. A bright reprint of the book originally printed in 1921. Color frontis and b&w drawings throughout by Herford. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lane and SIGNED BY LANE. From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Publishing, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages. When gray clouds cover the sky for three days, Mother Hen's chicks, aided by animals of farmyard, field, and forest and guided by moon and cloud, set out to find the sun. Color illustrations by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Book Club Edition, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Ungerer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rhinehart, Winston, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with laminated boards. Clean, tight copy with bright illustrtaions by author. Light soil on front bottom cover.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, b&w illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully. Dust jacket with edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight.

Hardcover. London/NY, Frederick Warne, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 57 pages in color by Greenaway. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, M. Evans & Company, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, red cloth covers with black lettering and illustration of an aardvark on front. Pictures by Wendy Watson. Front hinge shows light tearing.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color, b&w Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. Gilt lettering dulled, previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Some soiled spots on front cover. Corners frayed and edged worn.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, BC Ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Kahl. An adventurous boy is warned about giants when he sets out to see the world that lays beyond his home in the forest. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anno. Mirror paper in rear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page with illustrations throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Anne Shwartz/Atheneum, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 18 silly poems with full color illustrations done as collages by Kroninger. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 79 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has chunks missing at spine. Chipping to covers. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Illustrated by Elizabeth Enright.

Hardcover. New York, Little Simon, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. In beautiful condition, no rips. All pop-ups are intact and fascinating. Includes a small, to-scale pop-up book within. "Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem 'America the Beautiful' in dazzling dimention. From the Golded Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, America has never looked more spectacular. This stunning keepsake masterpiece will be shared and admire by generations to come; indeed it is a national treasure in and of itself."

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, ex-lib with stamping, residue to rear endpapers. Color illustrations by Uri Shulevitz. Mr. Fanshaw and his grandson Will have a kitten show up at their door. Can the kitten help to solve the mystery in their woods?

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, b&w illustrations by Arnold Lobel. Dust jacket shows very minor wear, small tear to front cover. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnams, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by the author. SIGNED BY TALBOTT on title page.

Hardcover. NY/Boston, Little Brown Young Readers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color illustrations by Marla Frazee. Wondering where babies come from, a young child is told that they arrive on the New Baby Train that travels its long tracks from destination to destination, picking up and delivering its precious bundles along the way. Guthrie's song is brought to life by Frazee's gouache illustrations, which tell a story all their own. A guitar-playing narrator and his younger siblings sit together on their front porch, as the boy tries to explain where babies come from. Clean copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, rep, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate soil on covers. Light bumps on top cover. Tight copy. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colors, depicting the history of our flag.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, Rep., 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 377 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in black & white and 2-colors by T.M. and M.T. Bevans. Excellent condition.

Softcover. Racine, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial "linen-like" paper binding, 16 pages; full-page illustrations throughout by Winter. Light edgewear and faint stains to edges. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations by author.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in red and black, front cover stamped in black, red and gilt. Floral endpapers. 21 line drawings by W.A. Rogers. No date on title page, assumed late 1880s reprint.

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Vernon Thornblad. A young boy living in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1710 enjoys imaginary adventures with make-believe pirates, until the day that real pirates come ashore for evil purposes and leave him a remarkable memento. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED and dated BY ALVAREZ on front fly leaf. Color illustrations by Fabian Negrin. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Paraskevas. In triumph and disaster, Junior Kroll has a comical way of altering the course of events. He plays in a kazoo quartet, frees the dinner party lobsters, steals one neighbor's roses as a present for another, and decorates Grandfather's birthday cake with "little chocolate flies." Michael Paraskevas's zany illustrations bring these offbeat, bittersweet poems to life.

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. New York , Lancelot Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color by Tomi Ungerer. Color illustrated end papers. black cloth covers, no dust jacket. Square, tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Non-paginated. Color illustrations. by Jerry Pinkney. SIGNED BY PINKNEY on title-page. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 2nd pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Wendell Minor. A picture book biography of a lesser-known patriot in the U.S. war for independence. About a successful bookseller and his part in the Revolutionary War. Though not in the book, Knox became the first United States Secretary of War and had 2 Forts named after him.

Hardcover. Chicago, P.F. Volland Company, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine shows heavy wear, chipping and tearing with exposed cardboard under fabric. Light musty odor. Clean internally. Color illustrations by Rachael Robinson Elmer.

hardcover. Edinburgh, Floris Books, 1st illust. thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Katrien van der Grient. No dust jacket issued. Clean copy. The selfish giant drove the children out of his garden and built a high wall around it. Then the frost and the snow came, and after that it was always winter. Until one day the children crept back in through a hole in the wall.

Hardcover. Limpsfield UK, Paper Tiger, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 70 pages. 30 fables collected by the mysterious Marie de France, lavishly illustrated by Jason Carter and with new translations from original manuscripts. Carter's ancient-look, colorful artwork adds to the appeal. (The publisher has added `pre-foxed' pages.) Three of the tales are : The Bitch and Her Litter, The King of the Frogs, and The Crow Who Found Peacock Feathers. Each has an attached moral. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 78 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by author.