children illustrated

Softcover. Philadelphia, Donald McKay, reprint, 1934, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial card covers (Mickey holding a bone above Pluto), red cloth spine. Illustrated in b&w with stills from Mickey's early animated shorts. Covers worn, front cover with paper torn leaving an area with cardboard exposed. Back cover has a corner chunk gone. Pencil name on inside front cover. Interior pages clean.

Hardcover. Bedford, MA, Applewood Books, reprint, September 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, color illustrations and paper cut-outs throughout. A very clean, tight copy. An exciting story of the new horse, Tanglefoot, that Mickey and Minnie buy. They accept a bet that he can beat Farmer Goat's horse. Collector's Edition of the scarce 1934 edition.

Softcover. New York, Macmillan Company, Reprint, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 92 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners names at top of front endpaper. Price clipped dust jacket with foxing, wear along darkened edges. Book is clean, unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 283 pages, blue cloth stamped with gilt design on front cover and gilt title on spine. Color endpapers, 6 color plates with tissue guards and additional b&w drawings by Rowland Hilder. An unusual fantasy/adventure by the English novelist. "...surreal logic as cats talk, witches fly, foxes plot against gamekeepers, model ships sail away with a water-rat captain and a hundred other odd and wonderful things, while Kay tries to discover the fate of his great-grandfather's lost treasure".... Front hinge tender, light fraying to top of cloth spine. Otherwise a bright, clean copy.

hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Peter Sis. A tale of Touch, a runaway orphan boy who seeks help from the ghost of a magician. The Great Chaffalo obliges the boy with a stallion with a golden mane and a hide as fine as China silk. But Touch discovers even this wonderful horse cannot take him beyond the reach of his troubles. A tale of innocence in a world of villainy, of things that are seen but are not what they seem -- a tale of mystery and wonder. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 2nd pr., 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, rose color cloth stamped in black, 276 pages, b&w illustrations by W.C. Nims. Number 2 on copyright page so presumed 2nd printing. Previous owner's signature inside front cover otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, scarce true first printing with b&w drawings by Clara Skinner. 113 pages, blue cloth covers.

Hardcover. NY, Treasure Books, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated by Chad after the character created by Terry-Toon animators. Front cover with lightscratches, rubbing.

Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Kellogg and SIGNED WITH A DRAWING of an alligator by Kellogg. A funny and energetic picture book portrayal of one of America's most famous frontiersmen and larger-than-life heroes. Mike Fink was king of the keelboatmen--the strongest, rowdiest bunch of fellows ever to work on the Mississippi. Mike was a whole lot more than a keelboater--yes, sir! He was a crack shot and the best grizzly and gator wrestler on the river. They don't make 'em like Mike these days, now do they? But what will Mike do when the larger, faster, smoke-spewing steamboats attempt to take over the rivers?

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Albert Orbaan. Nice dust jacket, unclipped.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan. Nice dust jacket, unclipped.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with red and black design, 44 pages illustrated in color by Burton. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. Bright, clean reprint of this classic, lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 44 pages illustrated in color by Burton. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children.Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity. Clean copy.

New York, Mill-Morrow, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 147 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY KAUFMAN on front endpaper. 32 pages illustrated in color by Kaufman and inscribed by him with a large b&w drawing on front fly leaf. Nothing seems to be going right for poor Farmer Foster, who has lost everything he has except for a strange rock that suddenly develops a crack from which milk keeps bubbling.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 56 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w drawings by Simont. Light edgewear to cover boards.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Three-color illustrations by Harold Benson. In a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1951, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unclipped with $3.00 on flap. The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told through the adventures of Minn, a snapping turtle, as she travels hundreds of miles downstream. As with all Holling books, it is lushly illustrated, containing many full-page color paintings, text pages that are also illustrated with black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings, and with explanatory captions in the margins. First published in Date: 1951, it received the Newbery Honor award the following year. Small ownership sticker to front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright.

Hardcover. NY, Blue Apple Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Putnam, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.SIGNED BY MCCULLY opposite title-page.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover illustrated in color by the award-winning artist.SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Reynold Ruffins. No dust jacket. From Angola to Zanzibar, this treasury is as varied and bountiful as Africa itself! Master storyteller Verna Aardema retells 12 tales of justice and revenge, greed and generosity, sly trickery, and off-the-wall silliness with her trademark humor and flair. Nearly 50 illustrations vibrantly reflect the spirit of these read-aloud delights, while a map of Africa, story source information, and a personal note from the author make this a rich volume for folk-tale lovers of all ages.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown , 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 145 pages with Erik Blegvad's lively drawings of the lovely mouse and her comrades. Super condition, clean.

New York, Dutton, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF on half title-page. In the rhyming follow-up to Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, the students celebrate one hundred days with their teacher with projects made from one hundred popsicle sticks, beads, stickers, blocks, and more.