children illustrated

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 112 pages, illustrated in b&w by Brian Ajhar. When grownups are mean to children, they get a visit from the mischievous Gigglers--elfin creatures who punish wayward adults--in a delightfully rude, laugh-out-loud adventure. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages with drawings by Estes. This is an early reprint issued after the author won the 1952 Newbery Medal for excellence with the foil sticker on the cover. $2.50 on dj flap, no other printing on copyright page. When the Pye family's puppy, Ginger, disappears on Thanksgiving Day, the children are convinced that he has been abducted by a stranger in a yellow hat. In lovely condition.

Hardcover. Kenosha, WI, Samuel Lowe Company, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Charming color illustrations, not credited. Covers almost separated from pages. Fragile with small tears and chunks missing.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Silverstein. Code on flap is 1064 but rear flap features books by Silverstein from the 1970s. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. San Diego, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY NORMAN AND LEO AND DIANE DILLON on title-page. Color illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. like-new condition.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY NORMAN on the half-title page. Color illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. like-new condition.

Hardcover. San Diego, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY NORMAN AND LEO AND DIANE DILLON on title-page. Color illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. like-new condition.

Hardcover. NY, Gulliver Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillion

Hardcover. New York , Junior Guild/Lippincott, Book Club Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 267 pages, color frontispiece and b&w illustrations by Dorothy Bayley. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Tight, bright copy with a very good dust jacket, light fading to blue lettering on spine. A juvenile mystery set in Newfoundland

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jack Kent. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, light mustard cloth covers in a chipped and worn dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Rockwell. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Full color illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. All pages intact. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears along edges, some shallow surface abrasion. Clean, tight.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrated by Wildsmith. A book with half-page flaps that reveal a visual suprise on the next page.

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, Appleton-Century Company, 1st, 1940, Hardcover, light tan cloth stamped with drawing of three cowboys and lettering in red. 260 pages, b&w illustrations by James McKell. Cloth covers with light soil. Spotting to spine. A western tale for young adults. No markings.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH BY AUTHOR AT BOTTOM OF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Eileen Chistelow. Light foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket with light wear along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. A rousing tale of suspense, magic, and adventure, Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth and final Oz book by L. Frank Baum. It's a grand conclusion to his chronicles of America's favorite fairyland. This deluxe gift edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white pictures,

Hardcover. New York, Simon Schuster, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with color plates. SIGNED BY L'ENGLE on title page. The birth of Jesus was a Glorious Impossible. Like love, it cannot be explained, it can only be rejoiced in. And that is what master storyteller Madeleine L'Engle does in this written narrative, inspired by Giotto's glorious frescoes from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. With a simple clarity that illuminates the life of Christ, Madeleine L'Engle gives eloquent voice to the miracle of God's love.

Hardcover. New York, Richard Jackson Book/Antheneum Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated in color, acetate protective covering to dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations by Schwartz. Very slight rubbing to acetate covering, otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages crisp and unmarked, spine stiff and tight; a beautiful book in superb condition.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 46 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Bill Peet. Dust jacket with slight darkening to spine, minor edge wear. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1999-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED by author/illustrator Phoebe Stone, with a drawing of an elephant, on front end paper. Signed postcard laid-in. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, illustrated in b&w by Fermin Rocker. Children's story about Nial Wren, a 13 year-old goat herder who lived in the early 1800"s near Brooklyn. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and SIGNED BY BOTH DILLONS. In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal. From internationally acclaimed picture book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairy tale about family, friendship, and the power compassion has to unite us all.

Hardcover. New York, Beach Lane Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and SIGNED BY BOTH DILLONS. In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal. From internationally acclaimed picture book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairy tale about family, friendship, and the power compassion has to unite us all.