Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, b&w illustrations by Harper Johnson. A 13 year-old boy's adventures in Haiti. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and faded dust jacket. Not only reluctant, a Siamese princess is very shy, especially around men. Retelling of a very old folk tale from Thailand. 62 pages illustrated in color by Sukit Chuthama. Alert for book banners: bare-breasted ladies! Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Softcover. NY, Hyperion, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 2 folded signatures comprising the complete book in a folded dust jacket. A color proof of Agee's 2008 book.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 267 pages. The Road to Oz is the fifth adventure in the magical Land of Oz. For the first time since the original 1909 edition, this stunning new facsimile edition illustrates Dorothy's fantastic adventures on different colors of paper reflecting where she and her friends are on the road to Oz. Featuring all of John R. Neill's 126 striking pen-and-ink drawings, this handsome deluxe edition is one to be treasured for years to come. Afterword by Peter Glassman.
Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st illust thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, geen cloth with 4 color decoration on front and spine. Color frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations by Gordon Browne, No date (circa 1910). Tight, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 303 pages. Facsimile of a book first published by Reilly & Lee in 1921. Original illustrations by John R. Neill, 12 full-page glossy color plates, other b&w throughout. The Scarecrow decides to search for his family tree and winds up discovering that he is the long-lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Along the way, he meets such colorful characters as the A-B-Sea Serpent, the lumpy mud men, Sir Hokus of Pokes, and others.
New York, Random House, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. Two-color illustrations by Catherine Barnes. Dust jacket has edgewear, missing small chunk on rear spine edge.Tom Jordan's idea for having a flea circus goes kaput when Bimbo, the family's flea-ridden dog, runs away.
Hardcover. London, Odyssey Press/ Paul Hamlyn, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy pictorial boards, 45 pages. Pocket-sized book illustrated in color by Peter Spier. No dust jacket. Green illustrated covers. Part of the Odyssey Library. Excellent condition.
New York, Atheneum, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 27 pages. Color illustrations by Michael Foreman.
Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston,, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Eric Carle. Ex-library with stamping and residue to endpapers and title page.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. With twelve glowing color plates and over one hundred black-and-white drawings by Oz artist John R. Neill, this is a beautiful reproduction of the rare 1915 first edition. Afterword by Peter Glassman.
Hardcover. Boston, W.A. Wilde Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt titles, 299 pages, color frontis by Harold Cue. Spine gilt faded, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
New York, Viking Kestrel, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 26 pages. Color illustrations by author. When Father Time's apprentice tampers with the Season Clock, Spring and Summer are captured and imprisoned in the Season Catcher's castle. Sticker residue to rear dust jacket panel, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The fifth title in the series featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, no dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. Flap price of $1.95, four I Can Read titles on rear of dj, reverse side of dj lists other titles in the series. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Moffat, Yard and Company , 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 56 pages, illustrated endpapers. Beige linen cloth over boards. Previous owner gift inscription on verso of frontispiece. No bumping or soiling. Bright gold foil titling, and double circle with illustration pasted on front cover. images by Jessie Willcox Smith on each page plus a color frontispiece and six color plates all by Smith.
Hardcover. NY/Zurich, North-South Books, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A newly translated and illustrated version of the tale of seven brothers transformed into ravens and rescued years later by their sister. Like most Grimm tales, this one lives up to its creators' name. Beautiful color illustrations by Henriette Sauvant. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with light blue lettering. 72 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Oscar Fabres who also decorated the endpapers. Spine cloth faded, interior clean.
Hardcover. NY, Seabury, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations by Anne Dalton. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, illustrated in color by Robinson. Cover design by Phoebe Erickson, includes five stories-The Shy Little Horse, The Rabbits' Revenge, The Polite Little Polar Bear, The Mischievous Monkey, and The Good Little Bad Little Pig. Three stories by Brown. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. A German story retold by Erich Kastner and translated by Richard & Clara Winston. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout by Horst Lemke. Story of a little town called Schilda and the people who lived there- who did everything wrong. They built a three cornered town hall, burned down a house to catch a mouse, etc. They are the SIMPLETONS!! No dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth, 57 pages with b&w illustrations by Irving Boker. A boy and his canoe in the Canadian North Woods. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Joliet, P.F. Volland Company , 4th Ed., 1927, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 94 pages. Illustrated in color by Marie Honre Myers. Illustrated endpapers.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth covers stamped in red, 148 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by the Haders. Clean copy. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Champaign IL, Garrard Pub. Co , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial yellow cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Tom Eaton. Kara Kangaroo tries several cures for sleep-jumping until she finally devises a method to weight herself down. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Hodder and Stoughton, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt decoration, 129 pages, 12 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. Included are Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Blue Beard and Beauty & the Beast. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Barrons, 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color reproductions of Edmund Morin's 19th century Illustrations, very clean and tight copy. One of Perrault's most haunting fairy tales. Here, Josephine Poole's evocative new text accompanies the exquisite artwork of nineteenth-century French artist Edmund Morin, to make a captivating picture book for all ages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books, Book Cub Ed., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Showing compassion for one's neighbor brings bountiful reward in this original tale based on Guatemalan folklore. Gently imparts a timeless message.--Publishers Weekly. Illustrated in bright, crisp colors of Hispanic folk art by Czernecki.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with mild soil, closed tear. 72 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Aldren Watson. Everthing a child (or an adult) needs to know about snow. Clean copy.
Softcover. La Jolla CA, Green Tiger Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, has very little wear. The title on the title page is: The History of Photogen and Nycteris (A Day and Night Marchen). Illustrated wit h b & w drawings and 15 tipped-in color plates by Lyn Teeple. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Checkerboard Press, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, no dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated in color by Tasha Tudor. A book of inspirational quotes- Thoreau, Hugo, Emerson, Whitman, Shakespeare, etc.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, color illustrations by Sylvie Wickstrom. A young boy overcomes his fear of the squeaky noise his door makes when his grandmother closes it each night before he goes to sleep. Library edition. NOT ex-lb, a squeaky clean copy.
Hardcover. NY , Doubleday, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial cloth in a worn and chipped dust jacket. Spier's illustrations accompany the words to our national anthem. Endpapers design shows evolution and various designs of American flag. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Mankato, MN, Creative Education, 1st thus, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Georges Lemoine. Laminated paper covered boards with color illustration on front cover.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 119 pages, illustrated in B&W by Judith Gwyn Brown. Dust jacket spine faded with a large chunk out of top, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. London, Cresta House, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards in color, 24 full page color illustrations by Angi Petrescu Tiparescu with the story printed in black on half-size sturdy yellow paper & bound in the center of the book. Printed in Romania. No date but appears to be 1970s. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. (60 cents on flap). Color and two-color illustrations throughout by the Petershams.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. beautifully illustrated with color & black lithographs and numerous text illustrations by the Petershams. Gilt lettering on spine faded.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, reprint, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 34 pages. A nice oversize board book reprinting the classic tale first published in 1936. B&w illustrations by Lawson, Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelpha, J. B. Lippincott, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 56 pages illustrated in color. Red cloth stamped in black with $1.50 on front dj flap. No date but appears to be the 1946 edition. Back flap of jacket advertises Sambo and the Twins with blurb describing this as "this new Little Black Sambo story". Child's name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust thus, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover, gilt stamping to spine. Six color plates, title page design and 2-color endpapers art by Peter Hurd. 279 pages. Some fading tospine gilt, light shelf wear, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 340 pages illustrated throughout in b&w by Pyle. A quality reprint of this classic tale first published in 1907. Owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Mcloughlin Bros., 1st, Book: Good, Hardcover, 9 1/2 X 12", paper-covered boards. Title on cover is The Wonderful Story of a Little Bear. Five color plates and many other two-color illustrations by Sarah Noble-Ives. No date found but early 1900s. Approx. 48 pages. Covers are fair only with paper chipping, edgewear, rear cover with paper covering loose. Bottom quarter of blue cloth spine missing. But the inside is complete, bright and clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harlin Quist, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped and edgeworn dust jacket. B&w line cartoons by Stan Mack. "Violet, Slingsby, Guy and Lionel are the four little people who want to see their world. But what a world they see! Imagine the island of water surrounded by earth, and filled with veal cutlets and chocolate drops! Imagine the scroobious sound of the simultaneous sneezing of millions of mice! Imagine their boat bitten into fifty-five-thousand-million-hundred-billion bites by the ferocious Seeze Pyder!" Dj price-clipped. No markings.