Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 101 pages. Oversized, no dust jacket issued. B&W and color Illustrations by Sawyers and Reusswig.
Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st UK, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover illustrated in color by Agee. Some wrinkling to the laminate on covers, Clean copy. Art imitates life in this hilarious, absurdist picture book--one of Jon Agee's most beloved titles. Outrageous the judges cried. Ridiculous! Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clouseau's painting quacks , he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation.
London, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 638 pages. Whimsical illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Gilt title and design on a faded spine. Cover otherwise very good, with minor edgewear to top and bottom spine.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with b&w stamping on front cover showing the twins. 206 pages, illustrated with drawings by Perkins. Handsome later printing of the third volume in the popular 'Twins Series' (1911-38). Inner flyleaf list cites up to "The Dutch Twins". Name on This Book Belongs To page. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, P. F. Volland Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, part of Volland's Sunny Book Series. Color illustrations throughout by Kay, including endpapers. No other printings or editions mentioned so assume first printing. No box, signature and date on title page and half-title page. Light chipping to paper on spine.
Softcover. NY, Cleanliness Institute, 2nd pr., 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers. 118 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Warren Chappell. Pioneers struggle with not only the wilderness but with keeping things clean (geared to 7th & 8th graders). Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 76 pages, seven color plates & numerous b/w illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. No date, probably 1950s. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Calla Editions, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 192 pages. A gorgeous reproduction edition of this classic with superb color illustrations by 2 "Golden Age" illustrators, originally published in 1908.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Artist Alex Beard brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstandings.When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping, and the Flamingos are fleeing! Beards story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom. No dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Illustrated with 75 gorgeous b&w photographs of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline and their children by Richard Avedon. Foreword by Robert Dallek. Text by Shannon Thomas Perich.
Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt design and lettering. A collection of Turkish folk tales, b&w drawings by Tony Sarg. Introduction by Sir Valentine Chirol. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Gilt on spine faded.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, reprint, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Laura Brey. A variety of stories that teach valuable lessons in a good-humored, sympathetic way. Light soil to covers, name on front fly leaf, section of dedication page cut away, not affecting any text or pictures. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Michael Sporn. Small nick & white paper wheresticker lifted-off on dust jacket otherwise very good, clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, maroon cloth with orange lettering. Two-color plates, b&w endpapers drawing by Leo O'Donnell. Dust jacket worn with major chipping. Book is clean, tight copy. The story of a fatherless youth in thirteenth century, battling his cousin for his ancestral castle and inheritance.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards, 48 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Seuss. In the Kingdom of Binn, King Birtram works very hard, up at five every morning to ensure the kingdom is running smoothly. But at five o'clock in the afternoon, the workday ends and it's time to play--and in the case of King Birtram, that means racing around town on a pair of red stilts! But sour old Lord Droon doesn't think that this kind of fun befits Binn's king. . . . A Seussian spin on a conventional fairy tale, The King's Stilts is as topical today as when it was first published in 1939. Written in prose instead of rhyme (unlike Seuss's later works), The King's Stilts nevertheless addresses subjects that we know Dr. Seuss was passionate about throughout his life. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, Hardcover, Thin square 16mo, original pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. Orange endpapers. 80 pages illustrated throughout in color by Kate Greenaway. Printed by Edmund Evans. The front and backboard are illustrated with the same picture of two flower bearing girls, standing against a small fence that holds the title information. Underneath them a garland of roses is depicted. This beautiful little book is all about flowers and their meanings. No date but appears to be very early, if not a first printing. Clean with mild edgewear.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st Illust. thus, 1926, Hardcover in black cloth with color label on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. First printing with these illustrations. A title in the Scribner's Classic series, illustrated by F.C. Yohn with a pasted-on cover illustration, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 inserted color plates. A lovely edition of this classic set in the days of the Roman Empire and early Christianity. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with color pastedown. Endpapers illustration, title page, cover label illustration and 9 color plates by N.C. Wyeth. Owner's bookplte on front endpaper. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Menotti's own narrative version of his opera of the same name. The full color and b/w drawings are based on the set designs for the Metropolitan Opera's production. Photo of both author and illustrator appear on rear of jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in decorated cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Mahood. Enjoying the last few days of summer,The Emperor of Japan was about to eat his morning egg when suddenly out jumped a little smiling dragon. He seemed very friendly, so the Emperor decided to call him Hojo and keep him as the Imperial Pet. Hojo soon became a great favorite with everyone by making himself useful around the palace. He made delicious soups, had a very light hand with pastry, and the Emperor loved his pancakes. In addition he was always gay and cheerful, could sing, play chess, enjoy a joke, and his hot breath kept the palace warm, which was a great comfort to the Emperor who suffered from cold feet. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Cream parchment over brown cloth-covered boards, illustrated in color by Gary Kelley, designed by Rita Marshall. Clean copy.
 "The Illustrated Book About Africa by: Sutton/H.B. Vestal, Felix")
 "The Illustrated Book About the Far East: China - Tibet - Mongolia - Korea - Japan - Formosa - Manchuria - Siberia - Philippine Islands by: Sawyers, Martha and William")
 "The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by: Jon Agee")
 "The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels by: Ingoldsby, Thomas")
 "The Irish Twins by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch")
 "The Jolly Old Shadow Man by: Gertrude Alice Kay")
 "The Judd Family: A Story of Cleanliness in Three Centuries by: Kimball, Alice Mary/Hopkins, Mary Alden")
 "The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses by: Edward Lear")
 "The Jungle Book by: Kipling/Detmold, E.J.and Maurice Detmold, Rudyard")
 "The Jungle Grapevine by: Alex Beard")
 "The Kennedys: Portrait Of A Family by: Avedon, Richard")
 "The Khoja Tales of Nasr-Ed-Din by: Barnham, Henry D./Tony Sarg (Illust.)")
 "The Kinderkins by: Fox, Frances Margaret/Laura Brey")
 "The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales by: Gardner, John")
 "The King's Spurs by: Carter, Russell Gordon")
 "The King's Stilts by: Dr. Seuss")
 "The Kitten's Secret by: Gossett, Margaret")
 "The Language of Flowers by: Greenaway, Kate")
 "The Last Days of Pompeii by: Lytton, Edward Bulwer")
 "The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by: Fenimore Cooper/N.C. Wyeth, James")
 "The Last Savage by: Gian Carlo Menotti, Illustrator: Beni Montresor")
 "The Laughing Dragon by: Kenneth Mahood")
 "The Lazy Automobile by: Wadsworth, Wallace")
 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by: Irving, Washington / Gary Kelley (Illust.)")