children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Fifty-two stories and rhymes inspired by the myth of the Old West, illustrated by the Swedish-American illustrator who remains best-known for his work on the Walt Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A Giant Golden Book, 9-3/4 by 13 inches. 96 pages. First edition (4th printing, with code "D195195" on the inside front cover). There is a child's name on the blank page opposite the title page. NOTE: the spine cover has chipped away exposing the staple paper binding otherwise the pages are fresh and bright and the binding is tight.

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with cardboard spine split along top. No dust jacket. Corners chipped and fraying. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf bottom.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st US, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 290 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. First printing with no statement of printing or date on the copyright page and letters E-H . decorative boards with tennis rackets, color illustrations by Floethe throughout. Shelf wear, spine lettering faded.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Lit. Guild, BC Ed., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 166 pages. B&W illustrations by Nicholas Panesis. Dust jacket with chipping, chunks gone from rear panel. Teresita Matinez moves from her small village to Denver and adjusts to a new life.

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally , 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 127 pages. Foreword by William Beebe. Illustrated by Keith Ward. Cloth covers with orange lettering and illustration. Light soiling to covers. Edgewear. Corners bumped. Natural history of termites in a story about a fictional termite colony.

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, light blue cloth stamped in black. 155 pages. Top front cover with slight bend. Black & white illustrations by Reginald Birch. Dust jacket fair only with fading, chipping, tears. Brodart cover. The story of an Irish lad and his tin whistle that makes an old cow dance, complete with a Fairy Queen, Celtic humor and a happy ending. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. A Science I Can Read Book. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 2nd pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 180 pages. Illustrated with 39 grayscale drawings by the author. Ranch life during a severe drought. Stated second printing, $2.50 flap price. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The family busily prepares for Thanksgiving and has a grand feast with visiting relatives. Illustrated in color by Watson. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Encino Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated in black & white by Pat Oliphant, the award-winning editorial cartoonist. SIGNED BY OLIPHANT with his pequin sketch. Quarterbound w/green lined paper covered boards w/dark green cloth covered spine, no dj issued.

Hardcover. New York , Clarion Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Emily Arnold McCully and SIGNED BY MCCULLY on title page. Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. What do leprechauns do? They bury a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, of course. But as Mrs. Bally Bunion's ox, Miss Maude Murphy's hen, and Old Jamie soon find out, they can't resist having a little fun along the way. For, besides burying pots of gold, mischief is what leprechauns do!

Hardcover. NY, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Outer cardboard spine gone, front cover detached. Binding shaken, loose but holding. All 4 color pop-ups are bright and working. Stories and illustrations by the staff of the Walt Disney Studios, with 29 illustrations and 4 pop ups, 2 pop ups per story. Color endpapers illustration. No dust jacket. @-line pecil inscription on title page otherwise free of marking.

Hardcover. NY, NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a reprint of a classic. SIGNED by illustrator Marc Simont on half title (page 15). No dj issued.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 6th pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 96 pages illustrated with spectacular watercolor-splashed pages by Meilo So. Here in one gloriously illustrated volume are 211 wonderful poems that represent the best this century has to offer. From sibling rivalry, school, monsters, food, and just plain silliness, to such ageless themes as the seasons, Who am I?, and the many moods of childhood, this is a collection that begs to be read aloud and shared with the whole family. The poems, from every decade of this century, showcase 137 famous poets.

Hardcover. NY, S.G. Phillips, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 94 pages, illustrated with drawings by Moyra Leatham. Clean copy, dj price-clipped.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards, 48 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Seuss. As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is the story of a young boy and his unjust treatment at the hands of a king. Written in unrhymed prose, The 500 Hats is one of Dr. Seuss's earliest works, and while it may not be as well-known as his other stories, the book addresses subjects that we know the good doctor was passionate about throughout his life: the abuse of power, rivalry, and of course, zany good humor. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Callaway Editions, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Long, long ago, in a land far, far away, a little boy named Abdi was given a very big task -- to deliver the most precious necklace in the world to the queen. Color illustrations by Olga and Andrei Dugina.

Hardcover. London, Andre Deutsch, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong glossy boards. Lovely Thurber-sque drawings by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, reprint, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in rust tweed binding, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. Reprint edition, "printed in large, easy-to-read type." B&w illustrations by Harrison Cady. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, reprint, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. Reprint edition, "printed in large, easy-to-read type." B&w illustrations by Harrison Cady. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, reprint, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in rust tweed binding, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket with tear to fore-edge. Reprint edition, "printed in large, easy-to-read type." B&w illustrations by Harrison Cady. Spine faded.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with pictorial design on front in red and black. The Bedtime Story-Books. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf and dated. "Sincerely your friend, Thornton W. Burgess Nov 12, 1919 Chug-a-rum!" Six b&w plates by Harrison Cady. Front hinge cracked, binding shaken. but holding. Some star stickers on front endpapers, Still, a nice early Burgess signature.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, reprints 4 classical tales: "Harold and the Purple Crayon," "Harold's Fairy Tale," "Harold's Trip To The Sky" and "Harold's Circus." Illustrated throughout in two-colors by Johnson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 3 in The Smiling Pool Series (per the number on the spine). 206 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1926 but a later reprint. Clean copy.