children illustrated

Hardcover. New York , Dial, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, B&W illustrations by Edward Gorey. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, and light soil.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow , 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in worn beige cloth covers with dark brown lettering and drawing on front cover, no dust jacket. Charming story of helpful snake named Amanda illustrated with color illustrations and drawings in red by the author. Wolo, whose given name was Wolff Erhardt Anton George Trutzschuler von Falkenstein, was a puppeteer, author, illustrator, and caricaturist. AMANDA is one of five children's books he authored and illustrated for William Morrow and Company. Covers with light soiling, some paper peeling. Inside is clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers decorated in gilt, 251 pages. Edited by Tiffany Thayer. Black & white drawings by Robert Ball. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Dorling Kindersley, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, large format. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Full-color artwork, including cutaway illustrations and exploded views, explores some of the world's most famous architectural landmarks, including the Paris Opera, the Taj Mahal, and Grand Central Station. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Couderc. Determined to become famous and escape his parents' fate as clothes washers, ambitious raccoon Raoul tries his hand at various careers, including that of a sailor, a pilot, and a New York City police officer.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st Am, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 28 pages, color illustrations by the author. A very clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Lewin. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue to end papers, otherwise clean internally with a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st , n.d., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by S. B. Pearse. Tender sewn hinge. Soil to endpapers, title-page. Edgewear to bottom corners, edges.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers with white cloth spine. Illustrated in color by Elizabeth Black Carmer. 244 pages. Previous owner's signature front end paper, light wear, spine a bit faded. A collecton of folk tales followed by a piece of music that was inspired by the story. Name on inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Little Simon, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Every Robert Sabuda pop-up book is a marvel, but America the Beautiful is singularly remarkable for its inspired interpretation of the classic American anthem. Each page presents a magnificent pop-up featuring a line from the first (and best known) verse of "America the Beautiful." Sabuda has included the song in its entirety, featuring mini pop-ups, in a small booklet on the final page. Beginning with the Golden Gate Bridge, and ending with a spectacularly regal Statue of Liberty, Sabuda's America the Beautiful is a lovely keepsake that also serves as a patriotic primer for teaching young ones about America. Clean with all pop-ups in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York, Little Simon, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. In beautiful condition, no rips. All pop-ups are intact and fascinating. Includes a small, to-scale pop-up book within. "Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem 'America the Beautiful' in dazzling dimention. From the Golded Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, America has never looked more spectacular. This stunning keepsake masterpiece will be shared and admire by generations to come; indeed it is a national treasure in and of itself."

Hardcover. NY, Gulliver Books, 1st, 2000-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated throughout in color by Terry Widener. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. This picture-book biography covers the life of Gertrude Ederle, highlighting her world-record breaking, long-distance swims. In 1926, women were thought to be the weaker sex, but this indomitable young athlete broke the men's record by two hours when she swam the English Channel. Fascinating tidbits about her 21-mile swim will entice readers: "She floated on her back and ate chicken and drank beef broth." For her victory, she was rewarded with a ticker-tape parade and a letter from President Coolidge calling her "America's Best Girl." More information about her life is appended. In the acrylic paintings, characters with large bodies and small heads, suggesting Depression-era art, are set on impressionistic backgrounds. The pictures of the swirling, rough water add fluidity and motion, and the perspectives that show the small figure of the swimmer in the vast sea capture the immensity of Ederle's endeavor.

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 144 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by the Petershams. Edgewear, chipping, soiling to dust jacket. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green boards stamped with decorative design, 36 pages with Martin's striking artwork. Light shelf wear, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott & Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Profusely illust. with sketches and pictures by Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts. A Woodcraft Series. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket with narrow portion of top missing, Large chunk gone from top and bottom back cover. Same two-color illustration on book cover and dust jacket front.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 159 pages. Black & white woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Moderate foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marc Simont. Book store sticker on rear fly leaf. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Springfield, Ma, Milton Bradley and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. Illustrated by George Gray. Red cloth boards with title on front and spine. Some fading on front and back endpapers. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Flyleaf has childrens crayon drawing of cowboy and indian. Illustrated dust jacket has minor chipping. Still a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright duct jacket, 251 pages, b&w illustrations. For years, designers, educators, and community administrators have clamored for a book that will highlight the problems with contemporary playgrounds, tender sorely needed strategies with which to redress them, and stimulate national debate about today's crisis of undervalued public space. Susan Solomon's groundbreaking and marvelously illustrated American Playgrounds is that book. Since the 1970s, Solomon maintains, American playgrounds have degenerated into irrelevance as cultural artifacts and educational tools. Imbedded in Solomon's text is a frank indictment of American attitudes that are stunted by a heavy-handed emphasis on safety that limits the nature of play and the vitality of places for public assembly. During the past decade an elite few American architects, landscape architects, and sculptors, including Stanley Saitowitz, Walter Hood, and Mary Miss, have pioneered the restoration of aesthetic and developmental values to play areas for young people. Solomon appraises these success stories and proposes fresh and urgent remedies that blend excellent design principles, innovative planning, and affordability-a vision for the future of the playground in America. Supplementing her impeccable command of primary and secondary sources with hundreds of hours of interviews with designers and clients, the author confronts a seriously under-developed topic with powerful and complex arguments rich in social history, law, theories of play and childhood, and urbanism. Readers will be inspired-and equipped-to take up the gauntlet of advocacy for superior American playgrounds. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, unk., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.INSCRIBED BY OSBORNE on title page. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy

NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin, SIGNED BY TED LEWIN on title page.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, b&w illustrations by Lynd Ward, price clipped and has heavy chipping. Internally clean, tight.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Lovely color illustrations by Palazzo, illustrated cardboard covers. Mild rubbing and light soil to covers; Internally, a very clean, tight copy.