children illustrated

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 80 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Brock. Child's writing in pencil front endpaper. Soiling to covers. Faded blue top edge. Corners a bit bumped. An enchanting children's story of how Sigrid and her twin brother and sister celebrate a Swedish Midsummer's Eve.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. llustrated in color and b&w by Lauren Mills. Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lippincott , 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrated by Reinhard Michl. Describes the animal life at a secluded pond during spring and summer days.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated with 4 color plates, many b&w drawings by Margaret Freeman. Blue cloth covers with red design, spine faded. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean, very good internally.

NY, Crowell, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w Illustrations by Glo Coalson. Story about a lame boy who has learned from a neighboring Eskimo tribe to train sled dogs. An Athasbascan Indian tale.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 7th pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in 3-colors by Leo Politi. Running through the streets of Lima went Paco, the nine year old Indian boy from the hill country of Peru. He was an orphan and, when his boss-man was hurt and had to go to the hospital, the "Public Welfare" said that Paco must come and live with them. But not Paco! Paco gets himself some city clothes, makes his bed of theater posters in a niche of an old building, and sets himself up as a shoeshine boy in front of the most handsome building he has ever seen, the palace of the President of Peru. Dust jacket with edgewear, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Platt and Munk, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 12 color plates by Winifred Austen, many B&W drawings. Great cover design in 3-colors on orange cloth. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, with faded stain to spine. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. A visual tribute to what the wind takes away illustrated in color by Ati Forberg. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Hart Publishing, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. A reprint of a 1890's book. 6 color plates + black & white drawings. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 2 color plates, 3 b&w illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green. 32 pages, in blue paper covered boards with illustrated label on cover. Spine shows light color fade otherwise very good.

Hardcover. London, University of London Press, 2nd, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 174 pages. Good dust jacket with edge wear, on top and rubbing on fore edge. Staining on rear dust jacket. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, NO SIGNATURE.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue cloth covers with silver titles to spine, dust jacket completely illustrated in color, acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Slight rubbing to dust jacket with small brown marking to dust jacket at the right edge, otherwise covers and pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.

Hardcover. NY, Encyclopaedia Britannica Press], 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. B&w drawings by Norman Thelwell. 126 pages, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages, color illustrations by Paul Zelinsky. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. The huge but rather childlike character featured in Prelutsky and Zelinsky's Awful Ogre's Awful Day (2001) returns in a new volume of light verse accomplanied by full-page and double-page illustrations. Taking place during the one-eyed ogre's summer vacation, the first-person poems run the gamut from somewhat gross ("Awful Ogre Has Insomnia") to droll ("Awful Ogre Attends a Concert") to tenderhearted ("Awful Ogre Pays a Visit") to sublime ("Awful Ogre Goes Dragon-Watching"). Prelutsky shows his sure sense of rhythm and rhyme as well as his child-pleasing sense of humor in this series of 17 clearly written poems. Most appear on double-page spreads, accompanied by large ink-and-watercolor illustrations that reflect the tone of the verse. Highlighting the barely controlled chaos of this amiable ogre's world, the pictures create a visually imaginative setting where anything can happen and, in the fun-to-discover details, something often does.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY PRELUTSKY AND ZELINSKY ON TITLE PAGE. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Bodley Head, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Wonderful watercolor illustrations by Cox tell the story of a Balinese girl performing her first Legong dance. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 44 pages, color illustrations by de Brunhoff, translated from French by Merle Haas, very clean, tight copy, previous owner's inscription, slight edgewear to top right corners. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oversize glossy pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. A lovely reprint of this Babar title, first published in 1938. Bright, clean copy, no dust jacket. One of Jean de Brunhoff's five original Babar stories, Babar and His Children tells how the royal elephant and Queen Celeste await the birth of their first child... and discover to their surprise that they have three! The loyal townsfolk bring gifts, and the babies are named before being weighed by wise Dr. Capoulosse (he of the stern expression and pince-nez). Then it's time for young Flora, Pom, and Alexander to get into a series of scrapes and be saved by the bravery and good sense of either their parents or other animals.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Very clean and tight copy. Babar, King of the Elephants, receives an invitation to meet with the President of the United States- the perfect excuse for a family vacation! None of the elephants have been to America before, so Babar packs up his family and sets off to see the sights. From the hustle and bustle of New York to the wide open spaces of the Grand Canyon, from riding streetcars in San Francisco to fishing on Lake Michigan, Babar and his family experience America in all its glory and splendor.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Very clean and tight copy. Babar, King of the Elephants, receives an invitation to meet with the President of the United States- the perfect excuse for a family vacation! None of the elephants have been to America before, so Babar packs up his family and sets off to see the sights. From the hustle and bustle of New York to the wide open spaces of the Grand Canyon, from riding streetcars in San Francisco to fishing on Lake Michigan, Babar and his family experience America in all its glory and splendor.

Hardcover. NY, Beginner Books/ Random House, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards. This is the first "Babar" title (B-45) to be part of the Random House "Beginner Book" Series. Color illustrations by author. Lacks dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1st US, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a green cloth spine with fraying to top and bottom. Decorative endpapers with lots of elephants against a marbled blue background, no dust jacket. Oversize, 14 1/2" tall. The 3rd Babar book. Babar and Celeste build a city for the elephants. Imaginative and rich color artwork throughout 48 pages with hand-lettered text. Covers with edges and corners worn, light soiling. Several pages with mild soil, stain to edges, margins. One page loose. No markings. Overall a good copy of the scarce first American edition.

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. New York, Random House, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by de Brunhoff. Clean, tight copy with moderate wear to cover boards.