Hardcover. NY, Lee & Low Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This dazzling collection of poetry celebrates the beauty of African-American culture. Written by 20 inner-city children, these moving and powerful poems represent little-heard and often overlooked voices. Color illustrations by Gregory Christie. Bookplate on inside front cover otherwise clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 2nd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in b&w by Marcia Sewall.
Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 94 pages, color illustrations by Peggy Turley. In this delightful children's tale, an American boy, Kenny Strange, moves to the quiet Mexican town of Taxco with his parents and strikes up a friendship with young Juanito Perez, a Taxco native. The two boys are brought together by an enchanting toy, the pasteboard bandit Tito. Chosen by Juanito at a town fair from among the other pasteboard toys, Tito, with his colorful clothes and bright eyes, becomes Juanito's and Kenny's constant companion, and the threesome share many adventures in and around the town's rolling green hills. The boys' growing friendship, Kenny's introduction to a culture unlike his own, and Tito's witty reflections on being a toy will be recognized instantly by anyone young or old who has ever made a friend or imagined that a toy might be real. Originally written in 1935, but never before published, The Pasteboard Bandit grew out of several trips Langston Hughes made to Mexico during his lifetime. Hughes first went to the town of Toluca at age 5 to visit his father, and again when he was older. During these visits, Hughes met many writers and artists, and it is their influence that informs the story of The Pasteboard Bandit--a story of two cultures meeting. When Hughes left Mexico for the last time, at age 32, he was carrying the first draft for The Pasteboard Bandit. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum is the 7th novel set in the Land of Oz. Characters include the Woozy, Ojo "the Unlucky", Unc Nunkie, Dr. Pipt, Scraps (the patchwork girl), and others. The book was first published on July 1, 1913, with illustrations by John R. Neill, all wonderfully reproduced in this facsimile edition. Afterword by Peter Glassman.
Hardcover. NY, John Day Company,, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 100 pages, b&w illustrations and decorative page borders by Vera Bock. A collection of tales about India. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1949, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Golden Story Book, #9, 128 pages illustrated in color by Aurelius Battaglia. This Golden Story book tells four The Penny Puppy, Hook-and-ladder Pepper, Jill's Jack and The Friendless Puppy. Penny Puppy is a story about a little homeless puppy and how he comes to find his home. Hook-and-ladder Pepper is about a Dalmatian that belongs to Firehouse #3 and his duties and adventures there. Jill's Jack tells about how Jill came to be Jack's girl and The Friendless Puppy tells how he found a friend. Clean copy,
Hardcover. NY, Platt & Munk Co., 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, orange cloth with black stamping, in a worn and tape-repaired dust jacket. 62 pages with color illustrations by Bess Goe Willis. Several early pages with mild chipping, wear to fore-edge, name on inside front cover.
Hardcover. Boston, The Peterkin Papers, 1st illust. thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with color paste-down on front cover. Four color plates by Harold Brett, many b&w drawings in text, not credited. 219 pages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Ariel Books, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers stamped in black. A teenage boy's adventure on a cattle drive from Texas to Dodge City in the 1870s. B&w illustrations by Tom Leamon (Tom Lea? Looks like his work). Light shelf wear, no dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jack E. Davis. Clean copy. A classic horror movie on TV inspires Morty and Ray to paint a picture of themselves for all the wrong reasons.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original dark blue cloth with medieval style lettering and illustrated paste down to front board. All pages illustrated with "illuminated" style borders and illustrations in color and B/W. Illustrated endpapers of winged horses and children in pale blue and white. Eleven full page color illustrations, two half page color illustrations, and many B/W. 56 pages. Small name on half-title page, otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, illustrated in color and b&w by Roger Duvoisin, pattern of little vignettes in blue frames on endpapers. Gutter split at endpapers, spine reinforced with black tape. Internally the book is very good with bright art by Duvoisin, a scarce early work by the illustrator.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1981, Hardcover in a bright, slightly worn dust jacket. Illustrations throughout the text by Michael Foreman. The pig Plantagenet cannot decide whether he likes the free but frightening life of his cousin, the boar Grondin, better than his own simple farmyard existence until a plan emerges to destroy the forest and its inhabitants.
Hardcover. Boston, Page Company, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original cream cloth stamped with multi-color design with an Indian watching Old Faithful geyser erupt. 346 pages, six b&w plates by Walter S. Rogers. Spine lettering faded otherwise a clean, bright copy.
New York, William Morrow & Company , 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket.. Illustrated by Janet McCaffery. Cloth spine has small frayed/chewed area at top. Dust jacket has same, minor chipping along edges. Otherwise, clean, tight.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd pr, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Van Allsburg. Copyright page has the lowest number as 3, a third printing of this classic. Dust jacket has a $15.95 price, with no Caldecott Medal. The Caldecott Medal winner that inspired the animated film featuring Tom Hanks. Dust jacket protected in acetate wrapper. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Humorous drawings of a possum in the city. Frank Tashlin, also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator, cartoonist, children's writer, illustrator, screenwriter, and film director. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st illust. thus, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with color illustration on cover label, 274 pages. Two-color and b&w illustrations by Robert Lawson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Philadelphia , J. B Lippincott Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 360 pages, 4 color illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood. Green cloth binding with pictorial cover stamped in red, black and gilt. Minor edgewear, internally very good.
Hardcover. Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Long ago in a part of the world once known as Mesopotamia, a nomadic tribesman led his people through the wilderness in search of a mystical land called Canaan. This journey would change the course of human history. Since that time, entire civilizations have flourished and vanished, along with their religions. Only one people has survived the tumult of the centuries--the Jews. What accounts for their remarkable survival? Neil Waldman tells the story of the Jewish people from their arrival in Canaan to the Exodus from Egypt. His paintings capture emotional scenes of Jewish life in the ancient world and in Europe. He shows how generation upon generation of Jews, in the face of profound crisis, have drawn strength from God's promise of a land flowing with milk and honey. The key to the Jewish people's survival is found in the story of their birth. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, bright pictorial boards in a worn, lightly soiled dust jacket. Spiral bound with 5 fold-outs with a width of 25"- farm, city, beach, circus & zoo scenes. Illustrations by Pauline Jackson.
Hardcover. London/NY, F. Warne & Co., reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 64 pages. Illustrated in color by Kate Greenaway. Boards are beige, with paste-down illustration on front. Edges are bright green. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with just a trace of soil. First published with the Greenaway illustrations in 1886. Small price sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with mild soil, black cloth spine. Color illustrations by Williams, 32 pages. Two rabbits decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding. Copyright page states 1958 but a reprint with ISBN number, so post 1970. Lacks dust jacket.