Children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Michael Hague. 162 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A collection of tales including "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "The Little Match girl," "Thumbelina," "The Elfin Hill," "Little Ida's Flower," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Wild Swans," and "The Emperor's New Clothes."

Hardcover. New York , Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages illustrated in color by Michael Hague. INSCRIBED BY HAGUE WITH AN INK SKETCH OF A FAIRY SITTING ON A TOADSTOOL on the title page. Minor wear to dust jacket, yellowing a bit at edges.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 397 pages, a classic adventur of Czarist Russia. 10 color plates including title page by N.C. Wyeth. The definitive edition of the Scribner's Illustrated Classic with the original canvases newly photographed. While not a First Edition it is superior in every way considering the quality of the color plates. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Black cloth over boards, with gilt lettering on spine; black lettering and a full-color illustration on paper label on the front cover. No date listed on title page; copyright page dated 1927. 397 pages. First edition thus, with Wyeth's illustrations: a color-illustrated title-page, nine color plates, and color-illustrated endpapers. Tan dust jacket with black lettering on the spine and front cover, rear panel chipped. Color illustration paste-down on the front panel has minor spotting.

Softcover. Philadelphia, Donald McKay, reprint, 1934, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial card covers (Mickey holding a bone above Pluto), red cloth spine. Illustrated in b&w with stills from Mickey's early animated shorts. Covers worn, front cover with paper torn leaving an area with cardboard exposed. Back cover has a corner chunk gone. Pencil name on inside front cover. Interior pages clean.

Hardcover. Bedford, MA, Applewood Books, reprint, September 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, color illustrations and paper cut-outs throughout. A very clean, tight copy. An exciting story of the new horse, Tanglefoot, that Mickey and Minnie buy. They accept a bet that he can beat Farmer Goat's horse. Collector's Edition of the scarce 1934 edition.

Softcover. New York, Macmillan Company, Reprint, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 92 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners names at top of front endpaper. Price clipped dust jacket with foxing, wear along darkened edges. Book is clean, unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 283 pages, blue cloth stamped with gilt design on front cover and gilt title on spine. Color endpapers, 6 color plates with tissue guards and additional b&w drawings by Rowland Hilder. An unusual fantasy/adventure by the English novelist. "...surreal logic as cats talk, witches fly, foxes plot against gamekeepers, model ships sail away with a water-rat captain and a hundred other odd and wonderful things, while Kay tries to discover the fate of his great-grandfather's lost treasure".... Front hinge tender, light fraying to top of cloth spine. Otherwise a bright, clean copy.

hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Peter Sis. A tale of Touch, a runaway orphan boy who seeks help from the ghost of a magician. The Great Chaffalo obliges the boy with a stallion with a golden mane and a hide as fine as China silk. But Touch discovers even this wonderful horse cannot take him beyond the reach of his troubles. A tale of innocence in a world of villainy, of things that are seen but are not what they seem -- a tale of mystery and wonder. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 2nd pr., 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, rose color cloth stamped in black, 276 pages, b&w illustrations by W.C. Nims. Number 2 on copyright page so presumed 2nd printing. Previous owner's signature inside front cover otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, scarce true first printing with b&w drawings by Clara Skinner. 113 pages, blue cloth covers.

Hardcover. NY, Treasure Books, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated by Chad after the character created by Terry-Toon animators. Front cover with lightscratches, rubbing.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Albert Orbaan. Nice dust jacket, unclipped.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with red and black design, 44 pages illustrated in color by Burton. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. Bright, clean reprint of this classic, lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 44 pages illustrated in color by Burton. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children.Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY KAUFMAN on front endpaper. 32 pages illustrated in color by Kaufman and inscribed by him with a large b&w drawing on front fly leaf. Nothing seems to be going right for poor Farmer Foster, who has lost everything he has except for a strange rock that suddenly develops a crack from which milk keeps bubbling.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 56 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w drawings by Simont. Light edgewear to cover boards.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Three-color illustrations by Harold Benson. In a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1951, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unclipped with $3.00 on flap. The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told through the adventures of Minn, a snapping turtle, as she travels hundreds of miles downstream. As with all Holling books, it is lushly illustrated, containing many full-page color paintings, text pages that are also illustrated with black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings, and with explanatory captions in the margins. First published in Date: 1951, it received the Newbery Honor award the following year. Small ownership sticker to front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright.

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Reynold Ruffins. No dust jacket. From Angola to Zanzibar, this treasury is as varied and bountiful as Africa itself! Master storyteller Verna Aardema retells 12 tales of justice and revenge, greed and generosity, sly trickery, and off-the-wall silliness with her trademark humor and flair. Nearly 50 illustrations vibrantly reflect the spirit of these read-aloud delights, while a map of Africa, story source information, and a personal note from the author make this a rich volume for folk-tale lovers of all ages.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown , 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 145 pages with Erik Blegvad's lively drawings of the lovely mouse and her comrades. Super condition, clean.

New York, Dutton, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF on half title-page. In the rhyming follow-up to Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, the students celebrate one hundred days with their teacher with projects made from one hundred popsicle sticks, beads, stickers, blocks, and more.

Hardcover. New York , Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF WITH A SMALL SKETCH on front fly leaf. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Illustrated by Mary Azarian. The journey begins for a young immigrant named Miss Bridie. It is a journey of hope and uncertainty, a journey that will take her to a new land, a new home, and--if she has chosen wisely--a good life. With elegant woodcuts, Caldecott medalist Mary Azarian brings to life Leslie Connor's spare story of a life rich with blessings, yet not without challenges. Here is a lyrical tribute to the millions of immigrants who left their homes to begin anew in America--and an enchanting look at how one woman carves out a life with the help of a common shovel.