Hardcover. Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 2nd pr., 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 53 pages, illustrated in b&w by Franz Deak. SIGNED BY GALLICO on the front fly leaf, additionally INSCRIBED BY VIRGINIA BARONESS LUDMILA VON FALZ-FEIN just below Gallico's signature. Dated 7/6/57. This charming tale about a little Liechtenstein cow with great ambitions was the first of his works to be published in Liechtenstein. The story was first printed in the Christmas issue of The Sketch (London). Mild edgewear to dj, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, price-clipped. B&w drawings by Emily Arnold McCully. Luigi, who lives on the streets in the French port of Marseilles, believes a gypsy has put a curse on his family. Against a vivid background of assorted characters, the author has created exciting and humorous story.

New York, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 74 pages, b&w illustrations by Diane deGroat. Fading to endpapers. "Chronicles of a young boy's search for security after his stepfather leaves home, his mother becomes ill and goes into the hospital and he and his brother are placed into a childrens home."

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. A poem in celebration of the special love between parents and their children around the world. Pictures adapted from Faith Hubley's awqrd-winning film Step By Step. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 2nd pr., 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 277 pages. Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz. Soiled edges. Markings to covers. Edgewear. Corners a bit bumped, rubbed. Illustrated endpapers.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages, with illustrations by Sarah S. Stilwell throughout. Gilt titles and top edge. Minor corner and edge wear, frontispiece illustration loose, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick Warne, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover pictorial boards with cream cloth spine. Non-Paginated. The Alphabet illustrated in full color by Edmund Dulac. (25) leaves, printed on one side only, being the title and 24 leaves each with a colored illustration and a 5 line verse (X, Y, and Z are on the same leaf). Original pictorial boards, Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Pencil marking with faint smudges and light foxing on some pages. 2" closed tear at top of XYZ page. Clean, bright plates. Rear internal hinge gutter slightly loose. Standard wear to cover edges.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. NY, Viking Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Very clean and tight copy. Includes Madeline; Madeline and the Bad Hat; Madeline's Rescue; Madeline and the Gypsies; Madeline in London; Madeline's Christmas, and The Isle of God (or Madeline's Origin.)

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 6th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped and worn dust jacket, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of a girl on a horse on the front, with brightly printed endpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. This was the authors fourth (4th) title in the "Madeline" series of seven titles. Small stain to dust jacket at the bottom of the spine. Internally clean and bright.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 3rd pr., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, turquoise cloth stamped in dark blue with a sketch of Madeline on a horse on the cover. 56 pages illustrated in color by Bemelmans. No dust jacket. Light wear to corners otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 12th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, but chipped dust jacket with Caldecott sticker, 56 pages. Green cloth cover with a line drawing of Madeline in water with her dog. Brightly printed enpapers and full page color illustrations of Bemelman's charming paintings throughout. Madeline is saved from drowning by a dog who then returns with the girls and Miss Clavel. Wouldn't you know it, the dog will need the help of Madeline and her friends very soon after. Awarded the Caldecott Medal for 1954. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SIS on copyright page with bird sketch. Madlenka has a brand-new soccer ball and aspirations to be a soccer star. As she dribbles it around her urban neighborhood, she encounters plenty of opponents willing to play with her: A mailbox, a dog, and a parking meter. She plays with a group of cats at the local park with a tree acting as a goal, of which she easily scores. Goal!! The crowd goes wild! She meets of with Cleopatra who also wants to play. "Are you ready?" Madlenka asks and off they go. The author's thin black line illustrations give a an overhead perspective of the soccer field surrounded by tall buildings as other neighborhood children come to join the game.In the back of the book, Sis gives a history lesson about the early versions of soccer along with how soccer is pronounced by countries all over the world because "The whole world wants to play soccer!"

Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap, 1st thus, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, illustrated in color and b&w by Doris and Marion Henderson. Oblong format, color illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean, very good.

NY, Holiday House, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Tomie dePaola. Dust jacket with short tears, chipping.

Hardcover. Cleveland OH, Pennington Press, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in maroon. Two-color drawings by Lonnie Stern. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st Edition, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 151 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear with chipping about the edges and fading (see image). Boards are bound in pink cloth, black title on spine and front cover board. Some tanning to edges and pages (see image), doesn't affect text or illustrations. In great shape. A charming children's book, early Maurice Sendak illustrations. Great for a collector.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 2003, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Burningham. Very light soiling to covers. Georgie has got a new bed, but it's not like other beds. For each night, Georgie says the magic word and it whisks him away on a fantastic adventure. He loves his bed, but one day he and his family go on holiday, and when they come back, Granny has a big surprise for Georgie.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated boards, spiral bound, color art by McKean. Seven color spreads feature moveable sliding frames with pull-ribbons. All functional and attached. The red plastic spiral binding needs repair. The top 3 rings have on ring missing and the bottom three rings are missing. All the holes are intact, untorn and appear repairable. Good plus condition, fragile, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 49 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Tight copy.

London, Michael Joseph, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marsh. Previous owner's signature front end paper. The Magic Island describes the adventures of Janet's two small children, Laura and Edmund,in the natural surroundings by their riverside home in Hampshire.It is a world of beauty,excitement - and danger. . . the evil pike who lives in the river wears a white linen table-napkin and thinks small boys make tasty snacks.Janet Marsh's breathtakingly beautiful illustrations also provide exceptionally detailed information on natural history.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 93 pages. Black & white illustrations by Bill Sokol. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Library bookplate front end paper and residue from paper pasted onto rear endpaper. Residue from library label on dust jacket spine. Otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 266 pages, b&w illustrations and 12 color plates by John R. Neill. Maroon cloth cover with color pictorial paste-down. This is a second printing from 1923 with all 12 color plates and b&w endpapers illustration. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Short tear to top of spine at rear edge, cover plate with light rubbing, mild soil.

NY, Harmony Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 26 pages. Color illustrations by Coco Dupuy. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Phoebe's parents, who are magicians, forbid her to enter the magic room where they work, until an accident shrinks them to tiny size and they need her help in returning to normal.

Hardcover. New York , Macmillan , 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages, hardcover with no dust jacket. Decorations by Boris Artzybasheff. Light wear to edges. Previous owner's sticker on copyright page.

Hardcover. NY, Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Barry Moser.

Hardcover. Wellington NZ , Gecko Press , reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Leo Timmers throughout. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 2nd, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictures in color, B&W by Frank Verbeck. 1st Edition, 2nd State - July on copyright page. Previous owner's pencil signature on blank preliminary page. Front hinge cracked.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 101 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Serena Riglietti. SIGNED BY SUSAN COOPER on title page. Clean, tight copy with minor edge wear to covers.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 88 pages. Black silhouette illustrations by Decie Merwin. Rubbing to spine, corners. Spine faded.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages illustrated with b&w photographs by the author. The story of a little Arab girl. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. Jersey CI, Singram Co. Ltd, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 pages. Hardcover. Color, life-like pop-up illustrations throughout. A touch of foxing throughout. Binding tight. Completely intact, all pop-ups are complete and in working order. Last pop-up is a removable flying kestrel that really flies.

Hardcover. NY, Random House Studio , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout by Claire Keane. SIGNED BY KUNKEL on the title page. In the beginning, there was a boy named Robert McCloskey, growing up in Ohio, his hands always moving, always creating. Many years later, after attending art school in Boston, he would reflect on his days wandering through Boston Garden and write the classic picture book Make Way for Ducklings. In the beginning, there was also a girl named Nancy Sch n. She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, working in her father's greenhouse, twisting wire and boughs into wreaths. Many years later, Nancy would look at Robert's drawings in Make Way for Ducklings and get the seed of an idea. That seed became the beloved bronze sculptures of Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings that stand in Boston Garden today. This stunning and clever picture book biography intertwines the lives of two phenomenal artists--who were contemporaries and friends--and reveals the extraordinary impact they've had on generations of children.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Warm, expressive paintings make this picture book a joyful experience. A human mother (Mama Inside) elaborates on the days that she spends awaiting the arrival of her baby, while a bluebird (Mama Outside) awaits her little ones. The author relates the similar experiences of the two expectant mothers-and fathers-as they prepare for the days ahead. When the babies arrive, there is time for song, food, rocking, and a good deal of growing. This heartwarming look at families is irresistible. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnams Sons, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout by Ventura. Glazed boards. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Godine, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Mary Azarian. Light edgewear to price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AZARIAN. A man who had been unhappy as a child finds after he has grown up that he is happy living alone in his cabin in the New England woods.

Hardcover. Boston, Godine, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Mary Azarian. Light edgewear to price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AZARIAN. A man who had been unhappy as a child finds after he has grown up that he is happy living alone in his cabin in the New England woods.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial boards. Two-color illustrations by Sheila Greenwald. Ex-lib with stamping on front paset-down and endpaper. Edgewear to corners, spine edges of psper-covered boards.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Radunsky. Based on a Belgian legend, a boy who is separated from his parents shows his dislike for the raging war by doing his business right on the battle, thus causing both sides to stop fighting, have a laugh and, in the end, make peace with one another.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild/ Albert Whitman, BC Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Bannon, 48 pages. Green cloth covers decorated in 2-colors. Tight, clean condition with a slight nick to front cover at bottom corner. Miss Bannon and her friend, Katherine Evans, also a children's book illustrator, were living in a small Mexican village. While painting, the two friends were beguiled by a little girl. When they found she wanted a special doll, they combined their talents to make a very unusual gift. Light pencil inscription on prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. A history of slavery in America, written for children, and focusing on those who escaped slavery and on the Underground Railroad. Includes stories of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Josiah Henson, and others.

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 4th pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket that's price-clipped. 184 pages illustrated by Lee Townsend. Another story of Toby Clark and his Shetland Pony on a New England Farm. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light soil on front, with corners worn. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrations by Watson.

Hardcover. Joliet, Volland, 1st , 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 94 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gruelle. Cloth spine separation from binding. Binding shaken, pages loose, but clean, bright cover & pages. Chipping to edges.

Hardcover. Chicago/NY, Donohue, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 94 pages. Hardcover with a lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gruelle. Book is clean and bright with no markings. Lovely reprint of the book first published by Volland in 1929.

Hardcover. NY, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black & white and color illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader. Shows some wear on edges. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Company, 4th pr., 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, orange cloth with colr pastedown on cover. Black & white and color illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader. Shows some wear but mostly clean and nice. No dust jacket.Some chipping to cover labe;, mostly on title.