children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow oversized pictorial binding with an illustration of a cowboy riding a bucking horse on the cover. Color illustrations by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Calla/Dover, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration, 352 pages. A magnificent treasury of popular folklore, this rare, hardcover compilation offers a bounty of delightful illustrations by Charles Robinson -- there are black-and-white illustrations on every page as well as 16 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Little Tom Tucker" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" to "Good King Arthur" and "Shave a Pig." A facsimile reproduction of the 1903 edition.

Hardcover. New York, Capitol Publishing Co., 1st Edition, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 pages. Hardcover board book. Color illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards. Cardboard pages with light tanning from age. Very well preserved considering the publishing date. Spiral bound. Last page has practical watch hands which young reader can move to emulate the time on each page. Clever, charming book to help reader learn how to tell time.

Hardcover. New York, Golden Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards, 61 pages. Color illustrations by Gene Biggs. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House/ Beginner Books, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with minor wear to spine and corners, chip to rear panel at bottom. Pictorial glossy boards. Contents tight and unmarked. $1.95 price on dust jacket flap. Color illustrations by the Berenstains. An early printing of their first book, but back of dj has their second book listed (The Bike Lesson) so not a true 1st printing.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by Milton Glaser. SIGNED by both Shirley and Milton Glaser. When Harry Hare and Tommy Tortoise decide to have a race, Harry takes off like the wind. In this version, Harry passes some world-famous sights, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and more! But when he grows weary and stops for a nap-guess who manages to beat him to the finish? In this clever format, though, the end is also the beginning, as the book turns over to keep the story continuing again and again. Parents will love sharing this age-old fable with their children through this ingeniously designed picture book.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. A book about Edward "Chubby" Elephant and his friends at the circus in this appealing book w/color illustrations on almost every page by John Dukes McKee. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 158 pages, b&w drawings by Douglas Phillips. An adventure story set in Thailand's teak forests, where the mighty elephant is bulldozer, tractor and sometimes killer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, Remains of Caldecott sticker on front panel. No date on title page so assumed early reprint. 1953 Caldecott winner. A delightful story about Johnny and the bear he finds as a cub. Illustrated in soft brown tones by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Ruth Wood. Wonder Books #550, 39 cents. This lovely vintage children's book circa 1950 tells the story of an old school bus named Busby driven by Joe the driver and his many adventures. Ownership page with name, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Carlos Merida. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st Illust., 1912, Hardcover, originally written in 1886, this is a 1912 printing, a more scarce edition featuring the pen-and-ink sketches & color (black/gray/white/red) illustrations by artist Katharine R. Wireman. 91 pages. Small hardcover 8vo (6.75" x 8.5"), green cloth over boards with red & lighter green illustrations of birds, candles, & holly & red script lettering to front & spine. Front fly leaf gone, spine with mild fading.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, silver design on front cover. Frontispiece, three double-page illustrations in color and b&w line plates by Pamela Bianco. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue-green cloth with maroon lettering and drawing. Three-color, b&w illustrations by Margaret Van Doren. Front fly leaf gone, light soil, small mark to covers. Otherwise very good, clean. A spirited black puppy learns to make friends with two kittens in his new home.

NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket pristine. Color illustrations by Brusca. A familiar folktale motif is that of the clever man who outwits the devil. In this zesty retelling, based on an Argentinian source, that man is Juan Pobreza, a poor blacksmith who reshoes a mule belonging to St. Peter and charges nothing for the job. Touched, St. Peter asks the man to name three wishes. Juan, sure that Peter is not who he claims to be, makes three seemingly senseless wishes that help him out later when he must deal with the agents of the devil. In the twist at the end, Pobreza finds himself barred from both heaven and hell.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 224 pages, b&w illustrations by Harold Berson. A charming and absorbing story for young readers set in rural Kansas in 1913 about a family of children, their grandmother, and a nest of orphaned newly-hatched bluejays. Inscription on front fly leaf otherwise bight and clean.

NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2nd pr., 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardccover, red cloth binding, with stamped titles and decoration to upper board and spine, and pastedown illustration in corner of upper board. Color frontis. and 8 b&w plates by Peter Newell. Eight tales of a man and his relationship with various animals. Hinges cracked, binding solid. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes , 1st US, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth decorated in dark green, black and gilt, 418 pages. From the sword in the stone and the founding of Camelot to the famed Round Table and the Lake of Enchantment, the legend of King Arthur will never lose its magic. Though simpler, this version includes all the wonderful stories-such as King Arthur's winning of Guenievere and Merlin's tragic downfall at the hands of the evil Vivien. B&w drawings throughout by A. G. Walker. Introduction by John W. Hales. Undated, circa 1900, front hinge partially cracked, title page tanned from frontis. tissue-guard. Small gouge to spine, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Constable, reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black on spine and front cover, 567 pages. Over 500 drawings by author, whose life work is the development or revival of Woodcraft, that is outdoor life in its greatest sense, as a school for manhood. He defends Indians and their traditions, as he sees them as a model for outdoor life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket. Design & illustrations by Beth & Joe Krush. Early reprint with "NOPQ" on copyright page. Small small sticker on inside flap, otherwise a clean, bright copy. The Borrowers set sail to find a home of their own in a model village where humans paid admission to visit. The third book in the series.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($6.95) dust jacket. Design & illustrations by Beth & Joe Krush. Early reprint with "LMNO" on copyright page. Small small sticker on inside flap, otherwise a clean, bright copy. When the story opens the little family has taken up residence in a charming miniature village designed by kind Mr. Pott, a one-legged former Railway worker. The fourth book in the series.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($12.95) dust jacket. Design & illustrations by Beth & Joe Krush. Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory. Eventually, the Clock family of borrowers find a safe and comfortable home, with their relations living near by. All appears well until they realize that the wicked Platters are still looking for them, something which prompts them to get revenge.Fifth and final book in the series. Clean copy.

New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 60 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles, dust jacket illustrated in color, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Mair. Mild rubbing to dust jacket, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely book in great condition.

Softcover. Chicago, Reuben H. Lilja , 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 pages including covers, verse and color illustrations by Milo Winter. Charming die-cut polka dot "bow tie" is featured on every page, taking different forms with different animals, which include Rabbit, Kitty, Puppy, Duck, Mouse, Chicks, etc. The "bow tie" becomes a sash, package decoration, dress sash, etc.