children illustrated

Hardcover. New York, Cupples and Leon, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover with chipped but bright dust jacket. B&W frontispiece by Thelma Gooch. Front hinge loose. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth with drawing of Bess riding a donkey. 88 pages with back & white illustrations by Bernice Loewenstein. The story of Bess - who was Elizabeth Coatsworth herself-and her trip to Egypt. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , Lippincott, 4th pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w decorations by James Daugherty. Very nice overall with a bright dust jacket, price-clipped.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. SIGNED BOOKPLATE LAID IN. Illustrations by author.

Softcover. Rochester, NY, Stecher Lith Co, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with drawings throughout. Previous owner's watercolor paint residue on a few illustrations. Light musty odor. Light soil to wrappers.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, gray cloth stamped in red, 197 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations by Ralph Ray. Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf. Young adult mystery involving Jon and Judy's summer vacay set in Navajo country amongst Zuni and Hopi pueblos.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. What happens to the denizens of the tidal zone when the sea recedes every 12 hours? This is the question that Hodgkins answers in a playful yet instructive way. Children are introduced to crabs, sea urchins, mussels, sea worms, starfish, lobsters, periwinkles, and other creatures that must adapt to constantly changing conditions. Color illustrations by Jim Sollers.

Hardcover. NY, E P Dutton & Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket with matching pictorial boards, Illustrated in color by Derrick Sayer. First American edition. Delightfully witty and utterly absorbing tales about Nichols' three cats, Four, Five, and Oscar. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, E P Dutton & Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards, Illustrated in color by Derrick Sayer. First American edition. Delightfully witty and utterly absorbing tales about Nichols' three cats, Four, Five, and Oscar. No dust jacket, Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st U.S., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Angela Barrett.This British import depicts a little girl's exploration of the dark, mysterious woods surrounding her home. The quiet, poetic text, featuring subtle rhymes and emphatic phrasing, expresses the hidden drama of her simple quest. The child, safe and warm in her mother's kitchen, longs to discover "what's out there." As the sun sets, she creeps out into the snow and then into the woods. She finds the seemingly still forest alive with sprites, goblins, and eerie beasts. She emerges from her adventure to find her anxious mother waiting for her with outstretched arms.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, 90 pages. Boards. Tri color illustrations by Josef Wenig. Tales of the devil being outwitted at every turn. Dust jacket very worn and tape repaired along spine and flaps.

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Vivid color illustrations throughout. In great shape, clean inside and out. "Lyrical text and illustrations featuring Chinese characters and paper collage introduce the beauty and richness of China."

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gay. Originally pub. in France in 1984.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gay. Library Edition (NOT ex-lib.). Dust jacket flap clipped. A cheerful story about a baby penguin and his arctic friends.

Hardcover. NY, Junior Literary Guild /Doubleday, 1st US, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a light stain to rear panel. Decorated endpapers, B/W Illustrations by the author, 215 pages. A tale about a young English farm girl and her love for her pet donkey, Biddy Christmas, and a little gray pony, Pip. Pencil name on blank prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Steven Kellogg and SIGNED WITH A SMALL SKETCH BY KELLOGG on the front end paper. Light edgewear on dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st thus, 1953 , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, Illustrated in color and b&w by Schucker. This is the storybook version of The Black Stallion, aimed a younger readers. First thus with 1953 copyright date and 1.00 on inside front cover, No dust jacket issued. Sound but fragile copy, mild soil to covers, name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards. Color illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky. First published in 1949, this appears to be a 70s reprint, code letters inside rear cover stop at J. A big elephant leaves the circus, builds a house, helps the townspeople, and finds happiness. Clean copy.

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth stamped in black and red. James' story of a boy and a horse, born on the same day, who together grow "Big-Enough for most anything" --a delightful tale for readers of all ages. "A" on copyright page. Cloth is soiled and worn, frayed at edges. Owner's name on front fly leaf. some waviness to pages in rear. Binding tight.

Softcover. Paducah, KY, Collector Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 175 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers and light wear to edges of spine.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers with a lightly worn dust jacket with some chipping. 207 pages, b&w drawings by Hubert Buel.Story of journey from Mexico to what is now San Francisco in 1775 to claim land for Spain. For 10 to 14-year-olds. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Kentucky, Purple House Press, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to covers, otherwise clean and tight copy. 25th Year Anniversary edition.

Hardcover. New York, Ariel Books, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 49 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Tasha Tudor. Bright yellow cloth with blue lettering and drawing of rooster on front. This copy SIGNED BY BOTH McCREADY & TASHA TUDOR on title page. Dust jacket with darkening to edges, chipped at top of spine, Book is clean, bright.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice color illustrations by Crews. Dust jacket shows minor wear, mostly clean and good condition. Hardbound. Laid-in: Bigmama poster.