Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st US, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 108 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY OPIE on front fly leaf. SIGNED BY WELLS on title-page. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Corners a bit bumped. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago/NY, Rand McNally, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket. The story of how the well ordered life of Mrs. Peabody Fitch is disrupted when her niece and favorite pet come to stay. Wonderfully fanciful illustrations by Lubell on every page. INSCRIBED BY LUBELL on the front fly leaf (signed WINNIE).
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Bridgman. In a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by the Dillons. SIGNED BY THE DILLONS on title page.This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son. Here's a beautiful, powerful, truly unforgettable story about family, memory, and freedom.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by the Dillons. SIGNED BY THE DILLONS on title page.This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son. Here's a beautiful, powerful, truly unforgettable story about family, memory, and freedom.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations and SIGNED BY YACCARINO on title page with a small sketch.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations and SIGNED BY YACCARINO on title page with a small sketch.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 121 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AT TOP EDGE OF TITLE PAGE. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Black & white illustrations by Aldren A. Watson. Foxing to top edge. Dust jacket with darkening to spine, wear along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Seabury Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Clement Hurd. Dust jacket with darkening to spine, light wear to edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. INSCRIBED BY DENNIS LEE ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrations in full color and black & white by Frank Newfeld. Dust jacket with minor wear. Clean, tight copy. A collection of thirty nonsense poems including the tale of Nicholas Knock and his friendship with a silver honkabeest.
NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Wendy Watson and INSCRIBED BY WATSON WITH A SKETCH OF A MOUSE on the half title page. Bright unclipped dust jacket, hardcover.
Hardcover. New York, Frederick Warne, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 150 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Black & white illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Foxing to edges. Dust jacket worn with foxing, short closed tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on title-page. Black & white illustrations by David Wiesner.
Hardcover. New York , North-South, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 20 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. SIGNED by Zwerger on title page.
Hardcover. New York, Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Jerry Pickney and SIGNED BY PICKNEY on half-title page.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a $2.75 price on flap. 56 pages illustrated in b&w by Garrett Price. SIGNED BY JOHNSON "with best wishes" on the 2nd blank page. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. Margie Palatini brings her signature humor to this rollicking sing-song read-along, inviting readers on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby down for nap. Dashing from family room to living room, both on the table and under it, through the kitchen and even hiding in the laundry basket, acclaimed artist Dan Yaccarino creates a hilarious romp in his signature retro style that culminates with mommy and baby collapsed - AT LAST -- fast asleep in a chair.
Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 193 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black and white pictures in center. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , North-South, 2nd pr., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 30 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. SIGNED by Zwerger on title page.
Hardcover. New York, Sea Star Books, 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY on title-page.
Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, lovely color plates by Pamela Paparone. INSCRIBED BY LINDBERGH on the half-title page. Born a century ago, Bessie Coleman worked in the cotton fields and dreamed of flying. As a young African-American woman in the 1920s, her chances of leaning to fly were slim. But Bessie never let her dream die and instead became the first licensed African-American aviator in the world. Written by the daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Clean copy.
NY, Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster, 3rd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Rockwell. Dust jacket with mild edgewear, light soil. Third printing but INSCRIBED "SINCERELY' AND SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL Previous owner's inscription also on front fly leaf at bottom of page. Scarce thus.
Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated in color by the Dillons and SIGNED BY BOTH on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 148 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY GIFF on title page. Like new in dust jacket.