children illustrated

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Velma Ilsley, 93 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket and light soil. Small tear to back pastedown. Story about Christmas giving and the true meaning of Christmas. Mr. Frisco isn't on his corner selling newspapers. So Charlie buys him a pair of gloves for a Christmas present and goes looking. Clean copy.

Softcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 16 pages illustrated in color by Ethel Bonney Taylor. Well-known nursery rhymes set to a musical score. No markings.

Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket. including index. Black and white illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Junior Books/ Doubleday Doran , 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth, 245 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and b&w drawings by Carl Moon. Soiling and spotting to edges. Spine darkened. Red top edge. Corners bumped.

Hardcover. Berkeley, California, Parnassus Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by John Larrecq. Very minor wear and soiling to dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy. Color illustrations by Gerrard. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Sir Cedric's vacation in Jerusalem with his family and servants is interrupted when his wife, Lady Matilda, and daughter, Edwina the Fair, are kidnapped by evil Abdul the Heavy. Color illustrations by Gerrard. Clean copy.

London, Gardner Darton Co., 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 379 pages plus publisher's ads. B&W illustrations by Gordon Browne, fold-out map. Binding a little shaken, still solid. Top edge gilt, residue to front end paper where bookplate was removed. Torquoise cloth covers with 3-color decoration.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st US, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Translated from the French by Gwen Marsh. 175 pages. Black & white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Gift inscription on front fly leaf. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Non-paginated. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR WENDELL MINOR ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

NY, North-South Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dorothee Duntze. Six unfortunate young men were turned into swans by their stepmother. Their heart-broken sister vows to release them from the spell by sewing six shirts from starflowers and not utter a word, or laugh, for six long years.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with cover label, 96 pages. Illustrated with drawings in color and black & white by Haidee Zack Walsh. Previous owners signature on front endpaper in pencil. Light marking in pencil on contents page. Cover has bumped corners and light ring stain in center, pencil marking on back cover.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color cartoon illustrations by Quentin Blake.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st U.S. , nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color lithograph illustrations by Jane M. Dealy. Light wear to edges of covers. Front and rear hinge cracked and fragile.

Paperback. Bear Creek NC, Blackie Bear Corp., 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 58 pages, spiral-bound. B&W illustrations by the author throughout. Some rust on binding. Heavy paper cover exhibits some edgewear, bottom fore-edge corner bumped. Small water damage stain to the bottom corner of the spine. Large pencil mark on page 29. Otherwise clean edition. Sixth in a series of Blackie Bear books for children about anthropomorphized, clothes-wearing animals of the Smoky Mountain region. Blackie Bear introduces children to nature through his woodland antics and wildlife adventures.

Hardcover. NY, University Microfilms/Xerox, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with a color label of 3 children on cover. 64 pages. A facsimilie of the 1881 first printing by Estes & Lauriat. Pictures by Henry Richards (the author's husband). Light wear, rubbing to edges and spine, else a clean, tight copy. This edition printed in 2-colors, while the original featured bright chromoliths. Now very scarce.

Hardcover. Boston, David Godine, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Color illustrations. Edward Ardizzone, one of England's most beloved artists and illustrators, was also an artist who could never resist the temptation of filling his letters to family and friends with enchanting vignettes and sketches. Like all of his work, these were done quickly, humorously, and lovingly, with a sure touch for outline, wash, and color that always distinguished his work. For the first time, here is a selection of those letters, envelopes, and illustrations, selected and edited by Judy Taylor, longtime children's book editor at the Bodley Head and among Ardizzone's closest friends and correspondents.

Hardcover. Boston, David Godine, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Color illustrations. Edward Ardizzone, one of England's most beloved artists and illustrators, was also an artist who could never resist the temptation of filling his letters to family and friends with enchanting vignettes and sketches. Like all of his work, these were done quickly, humorously, and lovingly, with a sure touch for outline, wash, and color that always distinguished his work. For the first time, here is a selection of those letters, envelopes, and illustrations, selected and edited by Judy Taylor, longtime children's book editor at the Bodley Head and among Ardizzone's closest friends and correspondents.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, BC Ed., 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 56 pages Illustrated throughout in color by Freeman. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Ed. A Saint Bernard that watches over children in a Swiss Alp skiing school, becomes a hero. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black, illustrated in color and b&w by De Angeli. INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI on the dedication page, dated 1966. No dust jacket. With his German family, Eli crosses the Atlantic on The Charming Nancy. From Philadelphia, oxen pull their wagon into Penn's Woods, where they make their new home in the Skippack area. Eli loves outdoor work and play, but Mom says he must go to school. Though Eli expects the teacher to be cross, Master Christopher Dock is kind, firm, and patient.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, no dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w by the author. Tan cloth covers with dark brown illustration, lettering. End paper map by De Angeli. Stated first edition. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth with red and blue stamping. Color and black & white illustrations by Brock. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Small tear to rear endpaper. Rubbing to corners and spine. No dust jacket. Tale of Mrs. Fiddlefinger, of the three chins and many aprons, and her private island that flew off over Blue Kettle Lake on its own during a wind storm, to land on the other side.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, non-paginated. Illustrated in color, b&w by Emma L. Brock. Ex-library copy with minimal stamping on endpapers. Light wear.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Lovely b&w drawings by Bennett illustrate this tale about a young boy and his pet goat. Two-color endpapers illustration. Cloth spine reinforced with clear tape. corner and edgewear to covers. No markings.