children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. Floca proves himself masterful with this Caldecott Medal winner. The book's large format offers space for a robust story in a hefty package of information. Set in well-paced blank verse, the text begins with a quick sketch of "how this road was built" and moves abruptly to the passengers on the platform and the approaching train. The author smoothly integrates descriptions of the structure and mechanics of the locomotive, tasks of crew members, passing landscapes, and experiences of passengers. Simply sketched people and backgrounds, striking views of the locomotive, and broad scenes of unpopulated terrain are framed in small vignettes or sweep across the page. Though a bit technical in explaining engine parts, the travelogue scheme will read aloud nicely and also offers absorbing details for leisurely personal reading. Substantial introductory and concluding sections serve older readers. There's also a detailed explanation of the author's efforts and sources in exploring his subject. Train buffs and history fans of many ages will find much to savor in this gorgeously rendered and intelligent effort. True First Printing minus the stickers.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations throughout by Brian Floca.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Richard Egielski and SIGNED BY EGIELSKI. Tight, clean copy.

Philadelphia, John Winston, 3rd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, color frontis, b&w drawings and end paper illustration by Hamilton Greene. A story of a young boy spending the summer logging in Seattle.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 7th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, B&W lithographic illustrations by Creekmore. In a bright dust jacket with $4.50 flap price.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover with a dust jacket. Appears to be a special Christmas gift to friends of Doubleday. Inside flap says "With Best wishes from Doubleday / Christmas 1967. Dust jacket with closed tear, front fly leaf has top corner triangle cut away.

Hardcover. London, Marcus Ward and Co., 1st Edition, 1883, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages; color llustrated boards with brown cloth spine with colored plates by the authors throughout. Verses by Felix Leigh. Cover exhibits edgewear, heaviest at the corners of the boards, which are bumped and have the underlying cardboard exposed. Back cover has a bump at the fore-edge and another at the bottom. Both covers slightly spotted. Interior: binding cracked at page 9; missing between front fly leaf and dedication page (evidence of something tipped in with glue and later removed along reverse of front fly leaf)-- however, the book is otherwise intact. All illustrations present in this edition: lovely plates depicting life in Victorian England, interior very clean.

Hardcover. Scarsdale NY, Bradbury Press, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Paul Goble. Two young Sioux join in a raiding party to capture horses from some neighboring Crows. Front endpapers with stamp inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. B&w illustrations by John Kaufmann. The adventures of a young Arctic seal told from his viewpoint. Clean copy.

hardcover. NY, North-South Books, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Eleonore Schmid. During a cold, long winter, a pack of wolves travels south leaving Max, the youngest and weakest, behind in the care of the reluctant townspeople. Clean copy.

Philadelphia, John Winston, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY ROBERTSON on front fly leaf. B&w illustrations by Taylor Oughton. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Light browning to endpapers otherwise very good. Lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing Co., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by Paul Giovanopoulos. 192 pages in a nice, price-clipped dust jacket. The saga of the Amistad. Off the Cuban coast, a slave from Sierra Leone took over the ship which drifted and was taken into custody by the US Navy. The return to Sierra Leone after protracted legal battles. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Longmans Green/Jr. Lit. Guild, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 4 color plates by Karl Muhlmeister. B&W illustrations, endpapers by Peter Hurd. Transl. from German by F.T. Cooper. 306 pages, decorated blue cloth. Bright, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 358 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. True UK 1st. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Delessert. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice color illustrations by Etienne Delessert. Great, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st , 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. Color illustrations by Charles Bragg. Previous owner's signature, address on front paste-down endpaper. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears to corners, back top edge.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Look! An elephant eats. Look! Giraffes drink. Look! A warthog digs. A gorilla hides, wild dogs listen, zebras run, monkeys sit, hippos splash, and a rhino naps. Each line of text is illustrated by a two-page spread with a beautiful painting of an animal Ted Lewin has seen on his journeys to Africa. At the end of the story, a boy reads, plays, and dreams, surrounded by toy animals that represent each of the real ones. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1998-10-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 181 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. In this moving autobiography, Lois Lowry explores her rich history through personal photographs, memories, and recollections of childhood friends. Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the opportunity to travel into the real world that is her life.

Hardcover. US, Holiday House, 1st, 1988-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated throughout in color by Anita Lobel. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles/NY, Intervisual Communications/Harper & Row, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 pop-up spreads, illustrated in color by Scarry. All in good shape. Center spread has light wear to moving slots.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Unpaginated, color illustrated boards with light soil, corners worn, Internally clean. Back cover references 32 books by Seuss ending with The Lorax in the first group. Yellow box present with Rudolf Flesch quote, but no reference to Lake Erie.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owner's name and bookplate on front fly leaf. Tight copy with light wear to covers, but heavy fading on spine and edges of front and rear covers.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Paul Brown. Fading to spine. Previous owners stamp on half title page. Foxing to spine. Foxing to front and back cover and end papers. Otherwise clean, tight copy.