Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st U.S. , nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color lithograph illustrations by Jane M. Dealy. Light wear to edges of covers. Front and rear hinge cracked and fragile.
Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Small, much in the style of Ben Shahn. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial boards, 64 pages. Illustrated in color and B&W by the Walt Disney Sudios. Previous owner's inscription on half title, otherwise clean internally. Cardboard covers with edge & corner wear, spine has bottom 3rd of paper gone. The movie cartoon of The Three Pigs was released as part of its Silly Symphony series in 1933. The director of the cartoon, Burt Gillett, won an Oscar. This is the first edition of the Disney classic in storybook form, complete with the famous ditty, "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?"
New York , Hastings House, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Adapted from an old French Legend and illustrated in color, B&W by Cooney. SIGNED AND DATED (1987) BY COONEY on title-page. Dust jacket price clipped.
Softcover. Brooklyn, NY , Kane Miller, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Philip Hopman. Illustrated cardboard covers.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by the Petershams. A clean, crisp baby book with nothing written in. In a poor slipcase wih some partial splitting to 2 edges, and heavy chipping to edges.
Hardcover. Kenosha, WI, John Martin House , 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , Color illustrations by Kippy. A twin book. Plastic spiral-bound. Heavy paper covers. Minor wear to edges.
Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st , 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 32 pages. Illustrated in color, B&W by Tousey. Color label on front cover. Color end papers, light edgewear to green cloth covers. Pencil inscription on front end paper.
Hardcover. New York , Dial, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, B&W illustrations by Edward Gorey. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, and light soil.
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 , Dial Books, 3rd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 156 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, B&W illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Donohue, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginanted. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Heavy chipping on edges. Color illustrations throughout by Gruelle. Black cloth spine with illustrated cardboard covers. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap , 1st U.S., 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Brilliant color illustrations by H. Guertik. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Cardboard covers with light crease in covers.
Hardcover. New York, Crowell, 1st , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Rockwell. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Glazed cardboard covers, no dust jacket issued. Clean copy.
Topsfield, MA, Salem House, 1st U.S. , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, B&W, color illustrations throughout by Steadman. Light edgewear to dust jacket, minor rubbing to silver dust jacket. This book brings together in a single volume Steadman's three previous Lewis Carroll titles illustrated with his uniquely stunning drawings. In addition to the original published illustrations, Steadman has added many in color for the first time along with fourteen completely new illustrations.
Softcover. London , Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Beisner. Glazed cardboard covers, no dust jacket. This illustrated compilation of rhyming spells, chants, and incantations draws on traditional lore from around the world.
Boston, Little Brown , 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color paintings by McPhail. Edward, who learned to read in Santa's Book of Names, and fanned his passion for adventure in Edward and the Pirates, is off on another storybook-inspired flight of fancy, this time with none other than the Lord of the Jungle himself, Tarzan! Losing himself in a book one day, Edward suddenly and most urgently requires the services of Tarzan. After being whisked away from the jaws of an enormous crocodile, Edward takes a few lessons from his hero, and soon has an opportunity to put his new skills to use. David McPhail's thick, jungle-hued paintings of apes, giraffes, lions, and antelopes will capture the imagination of young readers, as will his thrilling tale of the power of reading.Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Putnam, 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Susan Jeffers. SIGNED BY JEFFERS, with a small sketch. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Children's Press, 1st , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lillian Owens. Ex-school library, but only one stamp, light notation, otherwise very good. Light abrasions on cover with white residue on rear cover.
Birmingham AL, Crane Hill, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ernie Eldredge. Dust jacket with light edgewear.In this fantasy tale Billy Bobbity banishes his brother from their messy room but soon regrets his action and begins the search for the missing Henry. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In this playful story inspired by the impossible buildings of the artist M. C. Escher, Mauk's master is building a grand Palazzo. When something strange and wonderful happens, Mauk is catapulted into a topsy-turvy world. The author draws us into an astounding world where the reader turns Mauk on his head and sends him all the way back to his story's beginning in a dazzling endless loop.
Softcover. US, Candlewick, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 167 pages, color illustrations by Chris Riddell. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Templar, 1st US, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award. Glorious artwork, on each and every page.
Hardcover. New York, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2013-04-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Illustrated in color by Staake.
Hardcover. US, Katherine Tegen Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Nelson. Illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise a clean, tight copy. with Erin E. Stead's lovely delicate color drawings of a boy watching the seeds he planted turn into something wonderful.
Hardcover. NY, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Most pets are cats and dogs, but what happens when a boy wants a different kind of pet, one that doesn't meow or bark? Bob Staake's exuberant tale of a little boy and the pet of his dreams will appeal to anyone whose best friends are . . . books! Books make the perfect pets, the boy decides, and chooses a bright red one. When it goes missing, a lively adventure is in store for readers who love a happy ending. Soon kids everywhere will wish for a pet book of their very own.
Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1ST, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. A young boy named Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! Luckily, Bobby can go to his favorite spot in the park on weekends to play. Until one day... he finds his teacher there! Over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem. Each page is filled with "monstrous" details that will have kids reading the story again and again. Peter Brown takes a universal and timeless theme, and adds his own humorous spin to create another winner of a picture book.
Hardcover. US, Little, Brown, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Mr. Tiger lives in a perfectly fine world of prim and proper ladies and gentlemen. One day, the stiff suits, dainty teas, and Victorian manners begin to bore him... and he has a very wild idea. This "it's okay to be different" story stands out from other picture books on the topic thanks to Brown's delightfully clever illustrations and masterful compositions. From the tiger-striped cover that begs to be petted to the ingenious pops of bright orange (Brown's new signature color?) amid muted browns and grays, the award-winning illustrator does not disappoint. Children will appreciate Mr. Tiger's transformation and the way his friends eventually accept his (and their own) uniqueness. Several wordless spreads encourage audience participation while subtle visual clues gently build his character. A full spread featuring the newly liberated Mr. Tiger au naturel is delivered with pitch-perfect comedic timing and is guaranteed to inspire wild giggles.
Softcover. US, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated in color by Yaccarino. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Package contains everything that you need to construct your own house that will measure approximately 8 x8 1/2 inches when constructed. Name the familiar objects that appear on the cubes. Identify the musical instruments that the people are playing. Mimic the emotions that are portrayed on the cubes. Tell stories about the people and animals that live in The House of Fun! Create your own cubes (use an unconstructed cube as your pattern).
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co. , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on half title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in his dream to be an artist. He was fascinated with painting light and shadow and his works explore this challenge. In this striking picture book biography, Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor invite young readers into the world of a truly special American painter (most celebrated for his paintings "Nighthawks" and "Gas").
Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, tight hardcover. In the summer of 1851, the clipper Flying Cloud made the journey from New York City to San Francisco in a record-breaking 89 days and 21 hours despite several setbacks and dangers along the way. Much of the credit for that voyage goes to Ellen Prentiss Creesy, the ship's navigator. Based on the true story of that voyage, this book expertly describes Prentiss's early life, her love for the sea and the science of navigation, her marriage to Captain Perkins Creesy, and their remarkable accomplishment. Readers will find this fictionalized account gripping and inspiring. McCully's excellent watercolor illustrations include a number of period details and add a sense of movement and drama to the already exciting text. An author's note gives the factual background for the story, and a brief glossary serves to familiarize readers with nautical terms.
Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. A young boy named Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! Luckily, Bobby can go to his favorite spot in the park on weekends to play. Until one day... he finds his teacher there! Over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem. Each page is filled with "monstrous" details that will have kids reading the story again and again. Peter Brown takes a universal and timeless theme, and adds his own humorous spin to create another winner of a picture book.
Hardcover. New York , Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy.Trucks of different shapes and sizes share one important purpose in this classic picture book from the bestselling creator of Moonshot and Locomotive.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Bored and restless on a summer day, a little boy steals his sister's bunny and sends it on an adventure. He is well satisfied with the results--until his own stuffed animal disappears. Could it be that he is not the only troublemaker around . . . ? A case of sibling rivalry is neatly resolved with the "assistance" of a hilarious raccoon in Lauren Castillo's warm, simple text and gorgeous classic illustrations.
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. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. Margie Palatini brings her signature humor to this rollicking sing-song read-along, inviting readers on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby down for nap. Dashing from family room to living room, both on the table and under it, through the kitchen and even hiding in the laundry basket, acclaimed artist Dan Yaccarino creates a hilarious romp in his signature retro style that culminates with mommy and baby collapsed - AT LAST -- fast asleep in a chair.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 1st, 2014-09-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A wordless picture book celebrates the power of art and imagination. A little boy reads about Africa and then creates his own adventures with his pencils and paints. Wordless books require readers to slow down and read the pictures, and careful children will see beyond the main storyline by looking at the whole illustration. Why is the boy in bed and not outside? The inhaler and bottle of medicine on the side table are hints. But binoculars and an umbrella on the other side of the table tell them that he is not always bedridden. As he draws, he falls deeply into the rich world of his imaginary Africa. First he draws an elephant, and then he rides away on it. He paints zebras, has a sandwich for lunch, records a giraffe stampede and shares one of his many other sandwiches with the gorillas. After a hair-raising encounter with an aggressive rhino, the little artist shares his pencils and food with other primates, who return the favor and sketch him. Colon's signature scratched-watercolor technique adds richness and emotion to this warm story, but it's the framing scenes at beginning and end that really sparkle here. Simple line-and-color washes put the young man at the center of the story and help readers identify with him.
Hardcover. US, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated by Stein. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein has fans at his command with this comical dog's-eye view of having a best friend. Many dogs have human owners. Not this one.
Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The most inventive and irresistible book of the year spans a mere 26 letters (don't they all!) and 112 pages. From an Astronaut who's afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, Once Upon an Alphabet is a creative tour de force from A through Z. Slyly funny in a way kids can't resist, and gorgeously illustrated in a way readers of all ages will pour over, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet in a way that will forever raise the bar. In Once Upon an Alphabet, #1 New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers has created a stunning collection of words and artwork that is a story book, alphabet book, and gorgeously designed art book all in one.
New York/London, North-South Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 103 pages, illustrated in color by Lizbeth Zwerger and SIGNED BY HER on title page.
Softcover. New York , Neugebauer/North-South, 4th Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, color illustrations, text in German and English. SIGNED BY ZWERGER on half title page. Softcover with an acetate dust jacket.
Softcover. New York , Neugebauer/North-South, 4th Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, color illustrations, text in German and English. SIGNED BY ZWERGER on half title page. Softcover with an acetate dust jacket.
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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.
 "Sixes and Sevens by: Weatherly, F. E.")
 "Legend of John Henry, The by: Small, Terry")
 "Three Little Pigs by: Disney, Walt")
 "Little Juggler, The (SIGNED COPY) by: Cooney, Barbara")
 "22 Orphans by: Veldkamp, Tjibbe")
 "My Very First Book by: Petersham, Maud and Miskal")
 "My Puppy Book - My Kitten Book by: Morey, Sheena")
 "Jolly Animals by: Gaggin, E. R. and Keith Ward")
 "Trouble in the Gulch by: Tousey, Sanford")
 "Alvin Steadfast on Vernacular Island by: Jacobs, Frank")
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 "Last Tales of Uncle Remus, The by: Lester, Julius")
 "Marcella - A Raggedy Ann Story by: Gruelle, Johnny")
 "Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With the Wrinkled Knees by: Gruelle, Johnny")
 "Animals I Like by: Louv'a")
 "In Our House by: Rockwell, Anne")
 "Complete Alice & The Hunting of the Snark, The by: Carroll, Lewis and Ralph Steadman")
 "Secret Spells & Curious Charms by: Beisner, Monika")
 "Edward in the Jungle by: McPhail, David")
 "K is for Kitten (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Leopold, Niki Clark and Susan Jeffers")
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 "Jonathan Swift's Gulliver: Candlewick Illustrated Classic by: Swift, Jonathan and Chris Rddell")
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 "Nelson Mandela by: Nelson, Kadir")
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 "Rules of Summer by: Tan, Shaun")
 "My Pet Book by: Staake, Bob")
 "My Teacher Is a Monster! by: Brown, Peter")
 "Bluebird by: Staake, Bob")
 "Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards) by: Brown, Peter")
 "Issun Boshi: The One-Inch Boy by: Icinori")
 "The House of Fun! by: Yaccarino, Dan")
 "Edward Hopper Paints His World (SIGNED COPY) by: Burleigh, Robert/Wendell Minor")
 "Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Fern, Tracey/ Emily Arnold McCully")
 "My Teacher Is a Monster! (SIGNED COPY) by: Brown, Peter")
 "Five Trucks (SIGNED COPY) by: Floca, Brian")
 "The Troublemaker (SIGNED COPY) by: Castillo, Lauren")
 "Circle, Square, Moose (SIGNED COPY) by: Bingham, Kelly/Paul Zelinsky")
 "No Nap! Yes Nap! (SIGNED COPY) by: Palatini, Margie and Da Yaccarino")
 "Draw! (SIGNED COPY) by: Colon, Raul")
 "I'm My Own Dog (SIGNED COPY) by: Stein, David Ezra")
 "Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters (SIGNED COPY) by: Jeffers, Oliver")
 "Alice in Wonderland (SIGNED BY ZWERGER) by: Carroll, Lewis and Lisbeth Zwerger")
 "Art of Lisbeth Zwerger, The (SIGNED BY ZWERGER) by: Zwerger, Lisbeth")
 "Art of Lisbeth Zwerger, The (SIGNED COPY) by: Zwerger, Lisbeth")