children illustrated

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. B/w illustrations by Walter Bobbett. Scarce. Brown pictorial cover with spine slightly cocked. Light edgewear to top and bottom spine, internally very good. A collection of stories told by natives on the East Coast of Africa. Translated from the Swahili by the author.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Orange covers, dust jacket completely illustrated in color and protected with acetate-covering, lovely full-color illustrations by Steig. Very light edgewear to dust jacket, very small area of sticker residue to upper right corner of acetate dust jacket covering, pages and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 9 x 11", illustrated in color and protected with brodary, lovely full-color illustrations by Steig. Pages, dust jacket and covers clean, crisp and unmarked, spine stiff and tight; a lovely children's book in excellent condition. Zeke Pippin, the pig, finds a harmonica in the street which he soons believes has magical powers. This is the charming story of his adventures. Steig has won both Caldecott & Newbery Medals.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Orange covers, dust jacket completely illustrated in color and protected with acetate-covering, lovely full-color illustrations by the author. Very light edgewear to dust jacket, very small area of sticker residue to upper right corner of acetate dust jacket covering, pages and covers clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KUBINYI front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Kubinyi. Some very minor wear to dust jacket, mostly nice and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards. Color illustrations by Wilson-Max & full of pop-ups, pull-outs, 3-D glasses, map, etc. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. Minneapolis MN, Carolrhoda Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Nancy Carlson. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket with $4.50 flap price, 0966 code on bottom of front flap. White cloth, gilt decorations border/front cover. 90 pages. A collection of short works from the from the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. Includes illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Small hole to spine of dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover on a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by McDermott. SIGNED BY McDERMOTT with a sketch on front fly leaf. Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? "The tale moves along with the swift concision of a good joke, right down to its satisfying punch line."--Publishers Weekly "Wildly exuberant, full of slapstick and mischief, this version of an enduring Nigerian trickster tale, featuring a clever rabbit, is a storyteller's delight."--Booklist

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY LYNN MUNSINGER ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Full color illustrations. Dust jacket with darkening along spine, edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Colorful illustrations by Lynn Munsinger throughout accompanying short humorous poems by various poets. Clean inside and out, in great shape!

Hardcover. NY, Lee & Low, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A beautifully rendered and colorfully illustrated account of the childhood of the great black writer and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston shows a young child triumphing over adversity and learning to pursue her dreams.

Hardcover. London, Tate, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Sutcliffe.