Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ben Shecter. Two friends decide that playing hide and seek isn't as much fun as doing things together. Publisher's review slip laid in.
Hardcover. Cleveland, World Books, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color by Chiyoko Nakatani. The zoo hippo family of "Wake up Hippopotamus" ferry the other animals to safety when floods come. Lovely long hippo pictures extend across spreads. Mild musty odor, No markings.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 190 pages. Frontis illustration loose but present. Illustration and gold embossed title on cover. Some discoloration to spine, otherwise good. Black & white Illustrations by J.O.B.
Hardcover. Chicago, Foundation Desk Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed green cloth with a color label on front cover, 384 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Introduction by Patty Hill. Tips on child learning, health, activities and games, Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, cartoon illustrations by Syd Hoff. Light soiling to covers. Book Club edition, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 43 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Garrett Price. Blue dust jacket scuffed at corners and top and bottom spine. Otherwise very good.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 181 pages. Hardcover. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard, and illustrations (plates) throughout. Brown cover boards (light agewear) with black design on front cover board and spine. No dust jacket. Some tanning and smudges to pages and edges from age. In very good condition. Original owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Softcover. Boston, The Horn Book, Inc, 1970, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, b&w illustrations, ads, reviews. Articles include No Laughter in Heaven by Lloyd Alexander, Three Times Lonely: The Plight of the Mexican Child in the American Southwest, The Art of Elizabeth Enright, others. Light stamp to front wrapper, otherwise clean.
Softcover. Boston, The Horn Book, Inc, 1942, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, b&w illustrations, ads, reviews. Contains "Jack Darby on Writing Books for Children" by Walter D. Edmonds, Robert McCloskey's Caldecott acceptance speech, Of Rachel Field and Letters by Bertha Mahony, other articles on Field. Worn copy with wrinkling to pages.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Wonderful fantasy about a boy in love with magic who gets to meet the greatest magician of them all. B&w illustrations by Selznick.
Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild/Doubleday Doran , BC Ed., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped with blue design and lettering. Two-color frontis, b&w drawings by Erick Berry. This story, written for young adults, is about three children who have lost their parents, living in the Tennessee mountains and trying to keep life and limb together. Clean, bright copy, no dust jacket.
Softcover. US, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated in color by Yaccarino. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Package contains everything that you need to construct your own house that will measure approximately 8 x8 1/2 inches when constructed. Name the familiar objects that appear on the cubes. Identify the musical instruments that the people are playing. Mimic the emotions that are portrayed on the cubes. Tell stories about the people and animals that live in The House of Fun! Create your own cubes (use an unconstructed cube as your pattern).
Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Smath. A dog who likes to roll, scratch, and play with bones is quite a different dog after attending Madame de Poochio's School for Dogs. Clean copy.
NY, Philomel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Learn to count with the #1 New York Times bestselling artist of The Day the Crayons Quit and his hilarious cast of Hueys!"Is none a number?" you might ask. I'm glad you did. The answer is Yes! For example, how many lumps of cheese do you see next to you? The answer, depending on where you are, is likely "none." Counting with the reader all the way up to ten, the Hueys explain numbers as only they can. Such as: The number 4 is the number of tantrums thrown by Dave every day. 7 is the number of oranges balanced on things. And 9 is the number of seagulls who attacked Frank's French fries. Together they make quite a spectacle. But when you take away all of these fun illustrations in the book? You're left with none!
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bright glossy color illustrated boards. All pop-ups and moving parts very good. Bright color illustrated pages. 12 pages. A well preserved copy of the 1st printing of this higHly regarded mechanical book on the human body. Name on the first page, otherwise clean
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages. Color illustrations by Bea Rabin Seiden. Great story to read to toddlers especially those with a finicky appetite!
Hardcover. NY, David McKay Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth stamped in black, 175 pages illustrated in b&w by Elizabeth Black Carmer. A collection of American folk tales. Clean copy, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 101 pages. Oversized, no dust jacket issued. B&W and color Illustrations by Sawyers and Reusswig.
Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st UK, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover illustrated in color by Agee. Some wrinkling to the laminate on covers, Clean copy. Art imitates life in this hilarious, absurdist picture book--one of Jon Agee's most beloved titles. Outrageous the judges cried. Ridiculous! Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clouseau's painting quacks , he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation.
London, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 638 pages. Whimsical illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Gilt title and design on a faded spine. Cover otherwise very good, with minor edgewear to top and bottom spine.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with b&w stamping on front cover showing the twins. 206 pages, illustrated with drawings by Perkins. Handsome later printing of the third volume in the popular 'Twins Series' (1911-38). Inner flyleaf list cites up to "The Dutch Twins". Name on This Book Belongs To page. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, P. F. Volland Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, part of Volland's Sunny Book Series. Color illustrations throughout by Kay, including endpapers. No other printings or editions mentioned so assume first printing. No box, signature and date on title page and half-title page. Light chipping to paper on spine.
Softcover. NY, Cleanliness Institute, 2nd pr., 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers. 118 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Warren Chappell. Pioneers struggle with not only the wilderness but with keeping things clean (geared to 7th & 8th graders). Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.