Hardcover. NY, Green Tiger Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Chi Chung.
Hardcover. NY, The Seabury Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. When a summer storm washes out the road, Christopher decides to row around the lake for help with his dog Ben--and almost gets into serious trouble. Illustrations in three-colors by Donald Carrick.
Hardcover. London, Ward,Lock & Co Limited, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 176 pages, 24 color plates by Harry G. Theaker. No date. The Sunshine Series. Green cloth spine, illustrated cardboard covers. Hinges cracked, edge and corner wear to covers, internally very good.
Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine, 246 pages. Four color plates plus numerous b&w drawings by Rosalie K. Fry. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Macmillian and Co., 1st illust thus., 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Decorative-gilt red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. 330 pages plus publisher's ads. New Edition with 100 b&w illustrations by Linley Sambourne. Water-Babies, a children's novel written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863; written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species. Mild slant to spine, bump to front cloth cover.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st illust thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with color pastedown on front cover, white lettering.
Hardcover. NY, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, illustrated in color by Enrico Arno. Here are the delightful adventures of a mouse who thinks he's a moose. It all begins one day when Farmer MacGuff--whose opinion everyone respects--calls the little creature a "wee moose." The mouse immediately goes in search of another animal just like himself. On the way he finally meets a real moose and sadly discovers that he's not a member of the same family. How his sadness turns to joy provides a happy ending to a happy story designed to keep children smiling. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY`, E P Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Symeon Shimin. A young boy living on the island of Bimini tries to make a trap to catch the rare wentletrap. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Joliet IL, P.F. Volland, 3rd pr., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover In an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. Green cloth with colorful pasted down illustration on front cover. Illustrated in color and b&w by Beatrice Stevens. Last 20 pages have light tanning along bottom edge. Set in 1685 France, the story tells of a young boy Philip and the conflict between King Louis XIV and the Huguenots. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous." Full-page conte crayon drawings by Van Allsburg. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Joliet IL, P.F. Volland Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover with tattered dust jacket with most of rear panel and half of spine gone. The book itself is in exceptional condition. gilt-lettered with gilt decorated golden cloth, nice, clean, bright copy, with title vignette and 10 full page color plates and endpapers by John E. Perkins. Publisher's Inglenook Series. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in yellow cloth stamped in dark green.Color frontis, black & white illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. Light edgewear to yellow cloth, fraying to top of spine. Youth classic set in the American prairie; era of roaming buffalo, log cabins, Sioux. Mary Anne's mother does not allow her outside their gate at their log cabin; she is afraid of the wild. Mary Anne's father has a trading post, and the Sioux are among his customers. One day a young boy is comes to visit, and carves a willow whistle for Mary Anne. Her world is widening.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by the author. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Crawford. A man acquires a hat that grants his every wish. Clean copy.
Hardcover. North South Books, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with cover label, gilt title on spine. The appeal of The Wizard of Oz is universal. Published in every major language, it has been enjoyed by children the world over. Now the inter-nationally acclaimed Viennese illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger brings her exceptional artistry and singular vision to a new edition of The Wizard of Oz. Her unique perspective, her blend of whimsy and grace, charm and imagination offer readers a view of Oz that is fantastic yet familiar, startling yet strangely satisfying. Her vision of Baum's timeless classic is sure to be treasured by young and old alike. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A farmer's son, enslaved by an evil wizard, is aided by the man's lovely daughter in freeing the whole land from the wizard's spell. Beautifully illustrated by Conover. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages, blue cloth covers with black decoration. Illustrated in 3-colors by Ward. Dust jacket with light soil, price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with boards illustrated in red and black. 318 pages profusley illustrated with b&w drawings by Pyle. Previous owner's inscription on inside front cover.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, rose-colored cloth with black and red design on front cover. 24 short tales illustrated in b&w by Pyle. Verses by Katherine Pyle. Originally published in 1887, appears to be a 1940s reprint. Mild soil, inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth, cover label with blackberry and fern design, 126 pages. B&w illustrations by Helen Sewell. The fifth book of Sally's story, in which, released by the sultan from service to the White Lalla, she returns home to Maine. How Five Bushel Farm is saved and how Sally, and Andrew, and Pierre grow up. Bookplate on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket with a small closed tear. A Vermont farmer finishes his chores quickly with the help of a rolling pile of hay. Color illustrations by Gackenbach. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with a pictorial label on the front cover, 146 pages. B&w and 2-color illustrations by Neely McCoy. Rose, Dick and Jim Dandy run away on an adventure, wishing that they were at the circus. Dick just doesn't want to go to the photographer! Instead, they find an apple tree elevator, where they find a fairy who will take them away to the land of Up.