children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Schocken Books, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Stated second printing of this ingenious picture puzzle book with a hidden story told through the vibrant illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 108 pages. Black & white illustrations by Arnold Lobel. Dust jacket shows very minor wear and fading.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to cover boards. Illustrations by author.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with laminate boards. Illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Matthew Wheelock, Jerusha's great-great grandfather, creates an enduring legacy for his descendants as he clears his fields and uses the stones to create a marvelous stone wall. Gorgeous watercolor art by Ted Lewin.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Watercolor illustrations by Ted Lewin. A red-tailed hawk teaches Matthew to open his senses to the natural world in a special meadow cleared by Matthew's grandmother so she could have a place in the forest where a she could see the sky. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Thacher Hurd and SIGNED BY HURD on dedication page. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages, illustrated with b&w drawings by Troy. The story of the Army football team's mascot, a mule named Maud. The book is immaculate in beige cloth with blue drawing of Maud on cover. Lacks the dust jacket. Scarce.

Hardcover. NY, Michael di Capua Books, unk, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 piece puzzle with a book of clues to help solve the mystery. As new in box in original shrink wrap. 16 3/8'' x 11 1/8''

Hardcover. US, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The preeminent children's book artist of the twentieth century, Maurice Sendak and his sixty-year career are celebrated in this full-color catalog of more than two hundred images being exhibited at the Society of Illustrators in New York City from June 11-August 17, 2013. Accompanied by twelve essays by such noted scholars and historians as Leonard S. Marcus, Iona Opie, Steven Heller, and Paul O. Zelinsky, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work showcases the collection of Justin G. Schiller and Dennis M. V. David, prominent authorities on Sendak's artwork, and is a deeply personal and thoughtful tribute to a seminal artist whose singular vision has captured the imaginations of countless children and grown-ups throughout the world.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ROSEMARY WELLS ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Kalman. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 88 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Laszlo Acs. In a bright unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in white and dark blue with a pictorial label on front cover. 282 pages. Covers show some soiling. No markings. 8 b&w plates by Charlotte Harding (not credited). She studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute of Illustration from 1894 to 1900. Harding is identified as one of Pyle's first and noted students.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A trio of misbehaving, mango-loving monkeys have a close call as the author/artist gives readers a taste of vicarious adventure. Three little monkeys and their big monkey are sitting high on a branch in the forest canopy. "OK, monkeys! I'm off," says the big monkey. "Remember . . . Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there." Brilliantly designed storybook by the award-winning Haughton. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago IL, A. C. McClurg & Co, unknown , 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Black & white plate illustrations by Troy and Margaret Kinney. 219 pages. Green cover with white lettering and illustration. "14" written in white pen on spine. Spine slightly cocked. Edgewear, corners bumped. Soiling and rubbing . Previous owner's signature front end paper.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Book Club edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Translated from Yiddish by author and Elizabeth Shub. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely large, full-color illustrations by Margot Zemach. A retelling of a classic tale pits Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, against Shlimazel, the wicked spirit of bad luck, in a confrontation that enables a poor but honest lad to win and marry a king's daughter. Rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, foxing to covers, especially at edges, pages clean, crisp and unmarked.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott , reprint , 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Translated by Elisabeth P. Stock. Color illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Cover shows age and some wear. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, BC Ed., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in full color and two-colors by Kurt Werth. Weekly Reader Book Club Ed. Clean, bright copy. When a tornado strips his precious topsoil and leaves behind a menagerie of extraordinary animals, Josh McBroom opens a zoo to raise the money to replace his topsoil.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY JEFFERS. A small board book. A new installment in this engaging series follows the lovable Westie dog named McDuff who in this holiday tale falls asleep while waiting for Santa to arrive on Christmas Eve only to be awakened by a loud thump and a new arrival.

Hardcover. New York , Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st US, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color by Browne. Browne's wry fractured fairy tale sets the Goldilocks story in a contemporary urban neighborhood and tells it from the dual viewpoints of a lost little girl and a baby bear. The girl's story, shown on left-hand pages, is wordless; sepia-toned pictures show a bespectacled, blond kid who gets lost in the city streets, enters a house with an open door, eats porridge, breaks a chair, and snuggles up to nap. On each facing page, Baby Bear tells his parallel story, illustrated in full color, of walking in the park with Daddy and Mommy and then coming home to find his breakfast gone, his chair broken, and someone asleep in his bed.

Hardcover. New York , Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st US, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 32 pages illustrated in color by Browne. Bright, unclipped dust jacket. Browne's wry fractured fairy tale sets the Goldilocks story in a contemporary urban neighborhood and tells it from the dual viewpoints of a lost little girl and a baby bear. The girl's story, shown on left-hand pages, is wordless; sepia-toned pictures show a bespectacled, blond kid who gets lost in the city streets, enters a house with an open door, eats porridge, breaks a chair, and snuggles up to nap. On each facing page, Baby Bear tells his parallel story, illustrated in full color, of walking in the park with Daddy and Mommy and then coming home to find his breakfast gone, his chair broken, and someone asleep in his bed.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardbound with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Robert Weaver. Edgewear. Dust jacket with light soiling.

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 5th printing, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY PATRICK MCDONNELL WITH DRAWING OF A MONKEY OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Minimal wear. Clean, tight copy. Caldectt Honor Book. McDonnell is creator of internationally syndicated comic strip Mutt & has won many awards. This is the inspiring story of the young girl who would grow up to be Dr. Jane Goodall.