Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Full page colored illustrations by Jon Klassen. Tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 76 pages, seven color plates & numerous b/w illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. No date, probably 1950s. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins , reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 81 pages illustrated with color woodcuts by Bowen. SIGNED BY BOWEN opposite the title page. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 8th pr., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Moses. It is a silent, snowy December night. Shopkeepers and country folk in the tiny Vermont village are hurrying everywhere, lighting candles, wrapping gifts, baking pies--getting ready. But for what? For Christmas Eve? Or is there more? The Miller family knows there is! Pa and the boys, little Andy and Jamie, rush to the train station through the blizzardy twilight to pick up Grandma Stokes. Old Paul, the hired hand, rides to get Doc Herrick. Mama's quilty friend Tinker won't leave her side. They all know something truly wonderful is going to happen this Christmas Eve, snow or no snow, right here at Miller farm.In his unmistakable style, world renowned folk artist Will Moses brings Christmas to a Vermont village in an original story that the entire family--boys and girls, mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles - can share by their own candlelight year after year.

Softcover. New York, Harry Abrams, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Tight, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Known for her luminescent art, Barbara Helen Berger brings beauty and power to this memorable parable from Tibet. A young boy and his yak bravely overcome all odds to get to Lhasa, giving a wise and simple message that will inspire children of any age to dream and reach for a shining goal that may seem "very far." Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Grosserr & Dunlap, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 pages. Hardcover with plastic comb binding. Color illustrations by Julian Wehr. Three pages have movable tabs with one tab missing. Moderate chipping on cover boards and fading.

Hardcover. NY, Silver,Burdett and Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth, 160 pages plus vocabulary. Illustrated in color and b&w by Constance Whittemore. Children's reader to introduce children to Germany through a trip with Karl and Gretel. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Tight and bright copy with only light edgewear to dust jackets and covers.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Dawn Peterson. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Engkewood Cliffs, NJ, Prenctice-Hall, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY LORENZ on title page. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to cover boards.

Hardcover. Boston, William Guild, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gilt lettering and decorations on front and back cover. 84 pages, b&w illustrations, cloth spine missing. Short pieces on various subjects: The Poultry Yard, Ruth the Gleaner, The Squirrel, My Grandmother, etc. Each decorated with wood engravings and a decorative border treatment. Introduction by Forrester who published a monthly magazine for children. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages, color art by Eric Carle. With unused apron in vinyl case, as new issued at rear of book. The last page has a short 1/2" tear at top, small crease, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. A Science I Can Read Book. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. A true masterpiece of book design and illustration for beginning readers, this collection pairs well-known nursery tales with uniquely beautiful period illustrations that look as fresh and vital today as they did six decades ago, when the book was first published in Great Britain. Never before published in the United States, My First Nursery Book features four beloved stories: "Who Killed Cock Robin?," "The Gingerbread Man," "Three Little Pigs," and "The Three Bears." Franciszka Themerson, a Polish avant-garde artist and filmmaker who returned to children's book illustration as a refugee in London in the 1940s, is regarded as one of the great talents in classic children's book illustration. Finally, American children can experience and enjoy this remarkable volume, filled with stunning illustrations that will bring a new audience to Themerson's genius.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Books/Random House, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Yaccarino. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR opposite title page. Famed illustrator Dan Yaccarino brings his unique style to the familiar realm of Mother Goose. His witty, bold graphic scenes take place in the city, which give the rhymes a fresh perspective. In this book, Mary's little lamb hails a cab to school!

Hardcover. London, Palazzo Editions, reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 209 pages. Illustrated in color by Robert Ingpen. The 1926 translation is by Carol Della Chiesa. Award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen captures the rascally Pinocchio and his extraordinary escapades as never before, breathing new excitement into this enchanting classic. The tale of how the old woodcarver Geppetto made a disobedient puppet boy that could talk, dance and turn somersaults has been a much-loved story since it was first written more than 130 years ago. The Adventures of Pinocchio first appeared in 1881 as a series in a children's newspaper. Since then, readers young and old have delighted in Collodi's fantastic fairy-tale world, in which anything can happen and excitement waits round every corner. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st thus, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 small hardcovers in a pictorial slipcase, a very clean set of books unread. All illustrated in color by Oxenbury. Set Titles in the Set Down The Rabbit-Hole, The Pool Of Tears, A Caucus-Race And A Long Tale, The Rabbit Sends In A Little Bell, Advice From A Caterpillar, Pig and Pepper, A Mad Tea-Party, The Queen's Croquet-Ground, The Mock Turtle's Story, The Lobster Quadrille, Who Stole The Tarts, Alice's Evidence, Looking-Glass House, The Garden Of Live Flowers, Looking-Glass Insects, Tweedledum And Tweedledee, Wool And Water, Humpty Dumpty, The Lion And The Unicorn, It's My Own Invention, Queen Alice, Queen Alice, Shaking Waking Which Dreamed It

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 6th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped and worn dust jacket, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of a girl on a horse on the front, with brightly printed endpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. This was the authors fourth (4th) title in the "Madeline" series of seven titles. Small stain to dust jacket at the bottom of the spine. Internally clean and bright.

Softcover. Running Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Action, adventure, and imagination collide in the newest out-of-this-world production from the mind of Mark Rogalski. He's entertained us in the past with his brilliant imagery through his picture books Tickets to Ride and Dream Machines. Now he returns with a tale that will tickle your thoughts and persuade readers of every age that dreams can come true . . . and ROBOX can help! Full of hidden delights, this kit from Rogalski's dreamland company of Rocket Novelty includes: 19 pieces to build your very own ROBOX, which stands over 16 inches tall; sticker sheets to personalize your ROBOX; and a 32-page, fully illustrated storybook, which tells of an utterly unsatisfied young boy named Renny and his adventures with Rex, his ROBOX. For innovators, explorers, and dreamers, this kit's full of endless excitement.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Z. Walck, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 114 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Judith Gwyn Brown. Translated from the Russian by Fainna Glagoleva. 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, Viking Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light beige cloth with blue lettering on spine and drawing on front cover, 96 pages illustrated in color and b&w by the author.

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, Alfred A. Knopf/Ariel, 2nd pr., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 87 pages illustrated in color by Atkinson.

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, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 38 pages illustrated in color by the author. A young girl keeps a journal about the people and events in her life. 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. NY, Dial Press, BC Ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Kellogg, In this charming picture book, a little boy tries to think of all sorts of methods that would help him grow bigger than his bossy older brother. A Book Club Edition. Clean.

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. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 4th pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Sweetness was determined not to go back to scrubbing the orphanage floor with a toothbrush, so ran away to the desert, foiled an outlaw, and found a Pa (the sheriff) for herself and the other seven orphans. Interesting pictures in gouache, acrylic, and pencil by Karas. 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. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 30 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Maurice Sendak, dust jacket spine faded, Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 4th pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Sweetness was determined not to go back to scrubbing the orphanage floor with a toothbrush, so ran away to the desert, foiled an outlaw, and found a Pa (the sheriff) for herself and the other seven orphans. Interesting pictures in gouache, acrylic, and pencil by Karas. Clean copy.

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. Boston, L.C. Page, rep, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 271 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Book of animal life in the Guiana Wilds, 59 plates by Bull. Dj with wear, chunks missing from top and bottom spine, front bottom, and rear bottom. Gutter cracked in several spots.

Hardcover. NY, Kestrel / Viking, 1st thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Six pop-up scenes unfold to show children visiting the elephants, lions, tigers, fishes, monkeys, and bears, during a day at the zoo. This is a 1980 reproduction of an antique book originally published in 1890 by J. F. Schrieber of Esslingen, Germany. It unfolds into one long panorama, showing different animals in their zoo cages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co, reprint, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white by Randolph Caldecott. Dust jacket has minor wear. No. 4.

Hardcover. Chicago, Whitman, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pgs w/ color & 2-color Illustrations throughout by Eleanor Mussey Young. Small blemish to back boards otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Text and pictures portray the activities of woodland animals on a snowy night. 32 pages illustrated with San Souci's exquisite watercolors. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Warwick Hutton. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 24 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. illustrated in color, black & white. Dust jacket with chipping, wear along spine but very attractive.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards, 48 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Seuss. As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is the story of a young boy and his unjust treatment at the hands of a king. Written in unrhymed prose, The 500 Hats is one of Dr. Seuss's earliest works, and while it may not be as well-known as his other stories, the book addresses subjects that we know the good doctor was passionate about throughout his life: the abuse of power, rivalry, and of course, zany good humor. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 28 pages. Color illustrations by Alice and Martin Provenson. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 7th pr, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Multi-color woodcut illustrations by Brown. Nice copy of her Caldecott Book. Medal sticker on dj, price clipped, spine chipped top & bottom.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with the gold foil Caldecott Medal on the front. SIGNED BY HALL on the title page. Cooney's award-winning color paintings throughout. Also laid in: A signed typewritten note from Hall on his stationery and a newspaper article about the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Orange covers, dust jacket completely illustrated in color and protected with acetate-covering, lovely full-color illustrations by Steig. 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. NY, Bluesky/Scholastic, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 65 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustby Barry Moser. Clean tght copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Company, Book Club Ed., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards,, 32 pages illustrated in color by Janet McCaffery. The story of a bad witch who runs a cattery specializing in magical black cats for sale to other bad witches. One day, she is horrified to discover that one of her new kittens is yellow---a good witch cat. Frightened that her business will be ruined, she tries everything she can to get rid of the kitten; but in the end, good triumphs over bad, and "now good witches and fairy godmothers" get their magical cats from Hissing Hill. Corners with light wear, clean copy.