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, 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, 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, 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.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous." Full-page conte crayon drawings by Van Allsburg. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Joliet IL, P.F. Volland Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover with tattered dust jacket with most of rear panel and half of spine gone. The book itself is in exceptional condition. gilt-lettered with gilt decorated golden cloth, nice, clean, bright copy, with title vignette and 10 full page color plates and endpapers by John E. Perkins. Publisher's Inglenook Series. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in yellow cloth stamped in dark green.Color frontis, black & white illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. Light edgewear to yellow cloth, fraying to top of spine. Youth classic set in the American prairie; era of roaming buffalo, log cabins, Sioux. Mary Anne's mother does not allow her outside their gate at their log cabin; she is afraid of the wild. Mary Anne's father has a trading post, and the Sioux are among his customers. One day a young boy is comes to visit, and carves a willow whistle for Mary Anne. Her world is widening.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by the author. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Crawford. A man acquires a hat that grants his every wish. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Company, Book Club Ed., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards,, 32 pages illustrated in color by Janet McCaffery. The story of a bad witch who runs a cattery specializing in magical black cats for sale to other bad witches. One day, she is horrified to discover that one of her new kittens is yellow---a good witch cat. Frightened that her business will be ruined, she tries everything she can to get rid of the kitten; but in the end, good triumphs over bad, and "now good witches and fairy godmothers" get their magical cats from Hissing Hill. Corners with light wear, clean copy.
Hardcover. North South Books, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with cover label, gilt title on spine. The appeal of The Wizard of Oz is universal. Published in every major language, it has been enjoyed by children the world over. Now the inter-nationally acclaimed Viennese illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger brings her exceptional artistry and singular vision to a new edition of The Wizard of Oz. Her unique perspective, her blend of whimsy and grace, charm and imagination offer readers a view of Oz that is fantastic yet familiar, startling yet strangely satisfying. Her vision of Baum's timeless classic is sure to be treasured by young and old alike. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.