Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous bookdealer's small sticker front end paper. Color illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Shows some wear but mainly nice condition. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

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 published in the U.S. in small printings. Color illustrations in the style of Thornton Burgess.Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's inscription opposite title-page. Color and black & white illustrations by Disney. Cover shows some wear. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul O. Zelinsky. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Oxford, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Nice color illustrations by Hodges. Dust jacket shows minor wear, mostly clean. Hardbound.

Hardcover. New York, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The classic work by Dr. Seuss analyzed and dissected. Red cloth, beige spine. 10 1/2" X 10 1/4" in size. IIllustrated, color drawings, black & white photos. Notes galore.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Alice Provensen. In this illustrated "family album," Caldecott medalist Alice Provensen offers a unique glimpse of the people who shaped America, from Pocahontas to Edgar Allan Poe to Martin Luther King Jr. This 60-page, oversized hardcover is rich with portraits of artists, enduring icons, outlaws, radicals, visionaries, composers, writers, inventors, and reformers. On the "Naturalists and Ecologists" page, Rachel Carson is joined by water analyst Ellen Swallow Richards, painter and ornithologist John James Audubon, and agricultural chemist George Washington Carver. While quotations from famous Americans mark every page, the book's focus is purely pictorial. The visual montages present an interesting jumping-off point for further exploration of some of America's rogues and luminaries. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KUBINYI front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Kubinyi. Some very minor wear to dust jacket, mostly nice and clean.

Softcover. La Jolla, CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned.

Hardcover. Sydney AU, John Sands, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards. No date. Color illustrations by Margaret Senior.

Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated in color and SIGNED BY STONE WITH A SKETCH OF AN ANGEL on the front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Her second book. Dust jacket with closed tears, rubbing, sticker residue to front cover. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1936, Book: Good, Hardcover, pictorial boards in red and blue. Two-color illustrations by Marguerite and Willard Wheeler. Page for letter T has corner chip, not affecting illustration. Overall, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Golden Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large format glossy boards, 61 pages, illustrated in color by Peter Barrett. Shooter provides a swift look at the evolutionary cycles from the earliest life in ancient seas, through the rise and fall of dinosaurs, the development of the continents, the rise of mammals and the emergence of man. He sometimes resorts to dramatic language and oversimplification in compressing millions of years into a mere 60 pages. The information presented is brief, but the pictures by Peter Barrett add to the enjoyment for children

Softcover. London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, unknown, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Musical scores to 30 children's songs illustrated in color by Paul Woodroffe. Illustrated cardboard covers with white cloth spine. Endpapers illustration in yellow. Light wear to cover corners.

Hardcover. Kenosha WI, John Martin's House, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards. A Bonnie Book illustrated in color by Dolli Tingle. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Otherwise clean and bright. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on separate bookplates on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, lovely color illustrations by Marc Simont. Spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 41 pages. Color illust. by Beisner. Laminated boards with crisp finish, illustrated in color front and back.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Award sticker on the front of dust jacket. Color illustrations by Desmond Digby. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Light edgewear to dust jacket, spine faded.When Becca's older brother Stevie is selected for the draft during the Vietnamese War, he decides to go to Canada instead, leaving his family upset and divided by his refusal to go to war. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY`, Child's Play Ltd., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Meyrick. Laminated covered boards with color illustrations. Small dings on top edge.

Hardcover. NY, 2nd pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Scott Cook. Nettie Jo is eagerly anticipating her cousin's wedding until she is told that her beloved doll and constant companion, Annie Mae, is too "scraggly-looking" to go. Nettie Jo's mother manages to find a scrap of leftover lace to make a new dress for the doll, but no one in the busy family has a spare sewing needle. Determined to go to the wedding and to take her doll, Nettie Jo sets out in search of a needle. Dust jacket with small repaired tear to rear.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in 3-colors by Helen Sewell. Light edgewear and stains to covers. Illustrated end papers.

Hardcover. NY, Astor-Honor, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lionni. Light soil, wear to boards.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in brown. Sperry's 1936 novel offers a different take on the "settlers going West" story by presenting it through the eyes of 15-year-old Jonathan Starbuck, who leaves Missouri with a wagon train heading to the west. 276 pages. llustrated by the author with b&w line drawings, and with endpapers in color. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Roz Chast. (Her first children's book). Post Card Laid-In. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers , 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Masha. Previous owner's inscriptions on half-title page. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket with chunks gone from spine edges, tape repaired tears, closed tears to corners.

Hardcover. London, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Stasys Eidrigevicius.

hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt and black decoration. 315 pages, includes index. Descriptions of more than 400 games written in language that children can understand. Black & white illustrations by Jessie Gillespie. Light edgewear to covers.

Hardcover. New York, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anita Lobel. An old Japanese man brags so much about his fine heifer, the master clog maker and his apprentice decide to teach him a lesson. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, E P Dutton & Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards, Illustrated in color by Derrick Sayer. First American edition. Delightfully witty and utterly absorbing tales about Nichols' three cats, Four, Five, and Oscar. No dust jacket, Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on title-page. Black & white illustrations by David Wiesner.

Chelsea, MI, Sleeping Bear Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Victor Juhasz. SIGNED BY GRODIN AND JUHASZ on title-page. Sticker on dust jacket saying "Autographed Copy." Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Clever, colorful cartoon illustrations and caricatures help make this book attractive and fun...The text offers a great deal of information about the history of democracy, the development and processes of American government, and the people who have contributed to our country.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, pink, black and dark green pictorial design of crow on branch. Illustrated in color by Sanchi Ogawa. 80 pages, all with decorative borders, many with color illustrations. Shelf wear. front hinge partially cracked, sort tear to frontispiece at gutter, not affectin image. Otherwise clean, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear and creases to dust jacket. All rivers in India are sacred, and the Ganges most of all. Every year, more than one million Hindu pilgrims journey to Benares to renew themselves in its waters. Caldecott Honor medalist Ted Lewin joined the pilgrims at the river's edge for an experience he describes as one of the most unforgettable of his life. His luminous watercolors and simple, evocative text brilliantly capture the traditions, beliefs, and colorful pageantry of the devout and their ancient city.

Chicago, Childrens Press, 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color, black & white pictures by Caroline Storck. Gutter at front endpapers split. Dust jacket with light wear to bottom edge, spine top and bottom.

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 6th pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth cover with gilt design, mild wear at corners. Lacks dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Miller. Green endpapers. Clean, bight copy, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Small closed tear to dust jacket. Black & white woodcut illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. New York, Platt and Munk, reprint , 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover. Edited by Watty Piper. Color illustrations by Eulalie. Dust jacket with edgewear, small tears, light soiling. Hinge lightly cracked.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated in color by Kaufman and inscribed by him with a large b&w drawing covering the front endpapers.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Color illustrations by James Stevenson. Janetta's Grandaddy lives on a farm with chickens and a mule, and when he comes to visit her in Baltimore, Janetta is worried that he'll find the city boring. Griffith's narrative is neatly paired with Stevenson's gently humorous, altogether winning watercolor-and-black-pen illustrations, which alternately depict the urban setting and the beloved, rustic home Grandaddy invokes frequently in his conversations with Janetta.

Hardcover. New York , Little Simon, 1st, 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Full-color illustrated pop-ups by Sabuda. SIGNED BY SABUDA on first spread. First Edition with 1 in number row. Like-new condition. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Covers and dust jacket illustrated in color, gorgeous full page color illustrations by Nascimbene. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, spine stiff and tight, covers and pages clean, unmarked and crisp; a beautiful children's book in excellent condition. Two children, separated by great distances both of miles and of social class, grow up dreaming each other's dreams. By incredible chance they meet not just once, but twice, and live happily ever after.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Ed Young.

Hardcover. NY, Dorling Kindersley, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. As new in a dust jacket. After stealing a dead man's boots, a poor wandering bagpiper uses them to play a trick on an unfriendly farmer but then finds the trick turned back on him. Parker's watercolors rank with his finest. The blotted impressionistic colors and scrawled lines are both edgy and amusing, while the cool gray tones create an appropriately chilly backdrop for the spooky antics.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket with the 295/295 flap price. 1959 stated on copyright page and 'Yertle the Turtle' and 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back' are printed last on the dual lists on the back dust jacket flap. No markings.

Garden City, NY, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, and light soil. Illustrated endpapers. First book written by the notable illustrator, who went on to create the Rosy Cole children's series. A delightful tale of romance and culture in the city.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Victoria Chess. Illustrated library cloth binding. Clean and tight. The author has taken a favorite biblical legend and fashioned it into a dramatic story-poem. Chess's vigorous, exciting illustrations chart the hero's unusual journey.