Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, pictorial boards, 54 pages illustrated in lovely watercolors by the Danish artist Johannes Larsen. Commemorating,the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen on April 2nd, 1805. Translated by R. P. Keigwin. Small stamp on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Twirl, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. The sounds, sights, and activity of a construction site provide for endless fascination. Packed with more than 60 tabbed moving parts to pull, lift, and explore; crammed with meticulous detail of vehicles, buildings, and techniques; here's a book that will satisfy even the most curious of kids. Whether it's building a bridge or a skyscraper, a giant ship or a tunnel, there's a wealth of color, action, and knowledge to be gleaned on each of the ten spreads of this oversized book. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 142 pages; color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black and white illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert. 19 folk tales from across the world. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Versify/Houghton, reprint, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. a poignant and powerful ode to the resilience and strength of black life and history in America. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated in 2016, the poem adopts a picture book format with a new title, accompanied by stunning oil paintings in Nelson's trademark photorealistic style. The evocative illustrations stand out against stark white backgrounds and vary in their composition. On some spreads, the focus is on a single expressive portrait; others feature collages of African American icons from various disciplines, or refer to significant historical moments. The art functions in perfect harmony with the poet's spare, striking verse to electrify the Black American experience, and to celebrate black athletes, writers, musicians, activists, and heroes. Clean copy. Caldecott Winner 2020
Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.311 pages, illustrated in b&w by David Small. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 311 pages. Illustrated in b&w by David Small. Remainder mark to top edge otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Kenosha WI, John Martin's House, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards. A Bonnie Book illustrated in color by Dolli Tingle. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Otherwise clean and bright. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Penguin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Hardcover, pictorial glazed board book with Interactive elements makes this board book ideal for little hands. Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! Play hide-and-seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book. With a gentle rhyming narrative and an introduction to woodland friends, this book is perfect for little explorers.
Hardcover. NY, Skyhorse, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a board book. 24 pages with color illustrations by Jon Apple. A very hungry zombie eats his way through a variety of his favorite foods, including clowns, astronauts, rock stars, fingers, and brains. With vivid, playful art and amusing text, The Very Hungry Zombie will appeal to picture-book lovers of all ages. Adults will catch its slightly demented humor. Older kids who grew up on classic board books will love the fun of the parody. And because the art leans toward humor rather than truly graphic grossness, a new generation of little ones may just grow up loving a creepy zombie whose gluttony earns him a bellyache. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive cloth with illustration of frog standing on his head on cover. two-color illustrations throughout by Wallace Tripp. Convinced he will never master the proper frog sounds, a young frog goes off to the woods where he meets a young owl in a similar predicament. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 28 pages. Color illustrations by Alice and Martin Provenson. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 194 pages. One-color and full-color illustrations by Fred Marcellino. Dust jacket spine has a tear, price stamp on flap. Clean copy. While other young weasels dance under the pines, Bagley thinks about Bridget, the mesmerizing fish who lives in a pond down the brook from his den. Only a true hero can save Bridget from the gruesome death that awaits her.
Hardcover. NY, Green Tiger Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Chi Chung.
Hardcover. NY, The Seabury Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. When a summer storm washes out the road, Christopher decides to row around the lake for help with his dog Ben--and almost gets into serious trouble. Illustrations in three-colors by Donald Carrick.
Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine, 246 pages. Four color plates plus numerous b&w drawings by Rosalie K. Fry. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Ward,Lock & Co Limited, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 176 pages, 24 color plates by Harry G. Theaker. No date. The Sunshine Series. Green cloth spine, illustrated cardboard covers. Hinges cracked, edge and corner wear to covers, internally very good.
Hardcover. London, Macmillian and Co., 1st illust thus., 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Decorative-gilt red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. 330 pages plus publisher's ads. New Edition with 100 b&w illustrations by Linley Sambourne. Water-Babies, a children's novel written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863; written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species. Mild slant to spine, bump to front cloth cover.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st illust thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with color pastedown on front cover, white lettering.
Hardcover. NY, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, illustrated in color by Enrico Arno. Here are the delightful adventures of a mouse who thinks he's a moose. It all begins one day when Farmer MacGuff--whose opinion everyone respects--calls the little creature a "wee moose." The mouse immediately goes in search of another animal just like himself. On the way he finally meets a real moose and sadly discovers that he's not a member of the same family. How his sadness turns to joy provides a happy ending to a happy story designed to keep children smiling. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY`, E P Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Symeon Shimin. A young boy living on the island of Bimini tries to make a trap to catch the rare wentletrap. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Joliet IL, P.F. Volland, 3rd pr., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover In an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. Green cloth with colorful pasted down illustration on front cover. Illustrated in color and b&w by Beatrice Stevens. Last 20 pages have light tanning along bottom edge. Set in 1685 France, the story tells of a young boy Philip and the conflict between King Louis XIV and the Huguenots. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.