children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Junior Literary Guild, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with mild discoloration, 278 pages, previous owner's signature on page opposite half-title. Color frontis painting and black & white illustrations by Herbert Rogers.

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A reprint collection of the first four books featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Clean copy.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, hardcover, 108 pages. Black & white illustrations by William Geldart. In a nice dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine. 75 pages with monotone illustrations throughout from the engravings of Thomas Bewick .".an allegorical tale based on the old tradition that on Christmas night the animals in the stable -- the ass, the cow, the sheep and the dove --have the power of human speech and thus are able to tell one another of the gifts they have given to the Child." By the author of the Mary Poppins books. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in color by David Small. Annabelle Bernadette Clementine Dodd, Belle for short, is the child of wealthy parents who have no time for her. Even before the story begins, readers see her climbing down the stairs to kiss them good-bye, her father glancing at his watch all the while. But Belle has Beatrice Smith, a kindly housekeeper with whom she spends her days sharing Bea's chores (creating more havoc than help). While they have specific chores each day of the week, they always make time for delightful excursions to the beach. Then one day, Belle decides that she can go alone, with nearly disastrous results. The rhyming text describes the loving relationship between Bea and Belle, and the woman's infinite patience with her young charge. Small's cartoon watercolor-and-crayon illustrations, most of them spreads, depict a mansion on a hill overlooking the sea, Belle's grand bedroom, ornate parlors, and a time when wringer washing machines, clotheslines, and electric fans were the last word in luxury. The pictures of Bea hugging the little girl to her breast after nearly losing her, the woman's grief at what might have happened, and Belle's efforts to cheer her up are especially poignant.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 35 pages illustrated in color by Galdone. Adapted from the Brothers Grimm tale. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. From Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) comes a brand-new collection of rhyming stories about frogs and toads. Discovered by his daughter, Adrianne Lobel, The Frogs and Toads All Sang has the same warmth, compassion, and humor that is found in his best-loved work. Brimming with sweet silliness, this new book reminds us why Arnold Lobel's characters continue to be so popular years after debut.

Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent and Sons, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 246 pages, 4 color plates, b&w drawings by H. Baumhauer.

Hardcover. Boston, David Godine, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Barry Moser. A narrative poem about The Canadian Mounties being overwhelmed in a snow storm. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In rural Quebec in the 1830s, Jenny is hired to help a family by cooking and cleaning after her predecessor, the beloved Emily, has died, but Jenny is mysteriously prevented from completing one of her chores. Color illustrations by Lydia Dabcovich.

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In rural Quebec in the 1830s, Jenny is hired to help a family by cooking and cleaning after her predecessor, the beloved Emily, has died, but Jenny is mysteriously prevented from completing one of her chores. Color illustrations by Lydia Dabcovich.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. When the first mate of the good ship Sea Urchin does battle with the bloodthirsty Ghost Pirate and his spooky horde, he meets these ghostly figures in 9 excellent holograms by illustrator Brian Lee that can be seen on almost all the pages and through die-cut windows.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated red paper covered boards over black cloth spine; illustrated endpapers. Illustrated stylistically in black and white by Richard M. Powers. 64 pages, "the exaggerated nonsense, the bellylaugh humor, and the colorful salt-water lingo of Miss Ritchie's story clearly stem from the well-loved American traditional tale. But it is also as modern as today, and Richard M. Powers has designed and illustrated it with the bold, freewheeling vigor of our times." Clean copy.

NY, Viking, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Fritz Wegner. A breezy and entertaining tale set in the days when school desks had inkwells features a renowned, but slightly nutty, doctor, a kidnapping, some notorious criminals, a lonely girl, and an extremely humongous baby.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 69 pages. Black & white illustrations by Alan E. Cober. A young adult fantasy about a frozen land, written in second person.

Hardcover. NY, North-South Books, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, unpaginated, color illustrations by Tomek Bogacki. Sticker residue on front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy. When a storm destroys his island home, a kindly giant goes out into the world and finds it a very unfriendly place.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Z, Walck, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, illustrated in 3-colors by Walter Erhard. Villagers try to please a giant on his birthdays with various gifts. This is an ex-library book but in great condition with stamping to endpapers and title page and a price-clip to the dj flap. Appears unread.

Hardcover. NY, Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with closed tears. Illustrated in color by Balet. ist published in Germany in 1966.

Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price=clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Kilmeny & Deborah Niland. The dream of a lowly store clerk in Sydney comes true when a huge balloon arrives from France to promote an advertising campaign, but without a balloonist. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards with tan cloth spine. 24 pages illustrated in color by Scott Cook. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light wear. 95 pages with b&w illustrations by Haris Petie. A charming tale set on the Virgin Island of St. John. Fairly clean ex-lib with stamping to endpapers.

Hardcover. NY, Writer's Guild and Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 32 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Ward. Pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, John Lane, 1st thus, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with with 41 gold X's and 40 gilt butterflies stamped on the cover, no dust jacket, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges. With the date of 1900 on the title page, but with a John Lane Copyright 1899, The University Press U.S.A. on the CR page. With 18 Maxfield Parrish black & white plates. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Bright color illustrations by Lilo Fromm. Winner of the German Children's Book Prize in 1967. Clean copy.