children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated, color paper label on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. 273 pages of text and illustrated with end sheets, color title page, and 14 color plates by N. C. Wyeth each separated with printed tissue guards. This is the first Wyeth illustrated edition with the 1911 date on the title page in Roman numerals. Front hinge tender, rear hinge cracked. NOTE: Most descriptions call for a map proceeding Chapter 1. Missing here, but no sign of extraction. Previous owner's bookplate on a blank prelim page Despite map issue, a good plus copy of this scarce first printing.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. A reprint of the classic Scribner's edition from 1911 featuring all 14 of Wyeth's color plates.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages, 8 color plates, 11 b&w illustrations, map by George Varian. A scarce edition with these illustrations. Worn copy, edges frayed, rear hinge cracked, Some plates loose but all present. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Soil on rear cover. Spine slight;y cocked.

Hardcover. Paterson NJ, St. Anthony Guild Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in light tan cloth stamped in brown, 113 pages. Illustrated in 2-colors by Robert Bradbury. A tale of an orphaned American Indian girl who was worthy of sainthood in the eyes of her admirers. Remnants of color dust jacket and related article laid in. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 48 pages. Color illustrations by Lynd Ward. Rubbing, edgewear, fade marks to dust jacket. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Color illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky. Ex-library copy with minimal stamping on endpapers. Library tape strip at bottom of dust jacket. Clean, bright copy. A modern European story with the flavor of folk tale, wonderfully illustrated. Set in a Russian country village where peasants still live by habits and traditions. Two orphans, 12-year-old Anna and younger brother Peterkin live on their own. One day they look for cranberries in Wandering Swamp, and they argue about which trail to take. Their one day becomes a tapestry of experiences past the Blind Break Quagmire.

Hardcover. NY, American Studio Books/Watson-Guptill, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, 268 illustrations (17 in color). A nice survey of American book illustration, covering such subjects as children's books, the growth of the American book publishing industry, and dust jackets, followed by illustrations by a wide number of artists in black and white and in color. Artists include Rockwell Kent, N. C. Wyeth, Marguerite de Angeli, the dAulaires, Lois Lenski, William Pene Du Bois, Salvador Dali, Margery Bianco, E. A. Abbey, Wanda Gag, Dorothy P. Lathrop, and numerous others. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean. In a chipped, edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-color, full-color by Booz. Dust jacket chipped, edgeworn.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 14th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Story of the Santa Fe trail, presented in a charming production with full color plates and marginal line drawings presenting learning lessons on a variety of Western history subjects. Stated 14th printing, rear of DJ is review for just the Paddle to the Sea. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth covers stamped in blue. Story of the Santa Fe trail, presented in a charming production with full color plates and marginal line drawings presenting learning lessons on a variety of Western history subjects. No printing stated but an obvious reprint of a book first published in 1942. Clean copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred Knopf, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Tony Auth. Dust jacket price clipped. Jason is upset that he has to move for the third time in five years, but he gains comfort from his favorite tree and from the gift of a young tree that he can take with him to his new home

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Sis. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, The Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED WItH A SKETCH BY DESIMINI. Delia and Ophelia are witches. They're cooking up a particularly naughty spell for Halloween, and the main ingredient is super-stinky socks. That night, when the neighborhood children go trick-or-treating, the only words they can say are "Smell my feet!" Of course, no one gives them any candy, much to the delight of the two witches. The fun comes to an end when a mysterious ingredient causes the potion to backfire--returning the children to normal, and putting the witches in a very strange situation!

Hardcover. New York, Gulliver Books/Harcourt, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 82 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with color illustrations by Tom Pohrt.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 2nd pr., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 59 pages, illustrated in b&w by Pamela Johnson. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

NY, Abingdon Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 112 pages. Color, black & white illustrations by Robert L. Jefferson. Trina's father works for the railroad, and the family moves into a snug boxcar home in a little town in Wyoming in the early 1960's. Unlike her brother, Trina is a shy little girl and is hesitant to speak English, but she has a happy year. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Elsie Fay ventures into the deep, dark woods, meets a troll, and attempts to outsmart him. Illustrated in color by the incomparable James Marshall. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY QUIGG on front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Peggy Bacon. Some minor wear, dust jacket shows light chipping, but mostly nice and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. With Mama Cactus-Eared Rabbit down with the flu, her mischievous twins, Munchit and Crunchit, and their friends--Rufus Coyote and his grumpy sister, Greyer, and cousin Arnold the Armadillo--set out to cook Mama a perfect get-well meal. Color illustrations by the author. Clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st , 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 32 pages. Illustrated in color, B&W by Tousey. Color label on front cover. Color end papers, light edgewear to green cloth covers. Pencil inscription on front end paper.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dunrea. Bracken Van Eyck, a simple farmer who helps anyone in need, assists a trow-wife in finding her lost baby and in return she rewards him with a hen that lays golden eggs.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Dunrea. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Bracken Van Eyck, a simple farmer who helps anyone in need, assists a trow-wife in finding her lost baby and in return she rewards him with a hen that lays golden eggs.

NY, Pantheon Books, 1st US, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Green cloth binding with brown cloth spine. Illustrated with b&w woodcut drawings by Margaret Wetherbee. 124 pages. Story of a year in the life of a village schoolboy and his dominant elder brother - both are poachers and bird trappers, but both have a certain devotion to their victims. Through the eyes of these boys we see the change of seasons, the habits of birds and animals. Clean copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Burningham. Illust. library binding - end papers with stamp, minor marking otherwise very good, clean. No dust jacket.