Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY PINKNEY. Young children all know the Mother Goose rhyme of the kittens who have lost their mittens, but they've never seen it illustrated with so much energy, beauty, and flair. Preschoolers will delight in these cuddly kittens as they frolic outside in the falling leaves, get their whiskers sticky while eating a just-baked apple pie, and do the washing-up under Mama Cat's watchful gaze. Caldecott Medal-winning, New York Times bestselling author/artist Jerry Pinkney brings a gloriously vivid palette, delightful details and tremendous warmth to his version of this favorite nursery rhyme
Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop Co., 1st, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with a bright gilt, black and red design. Illustrated with 31 b&w drawings by F. O. Small. Small, previous owner's inscription to front fly leaf (dated 1891). Rosalind, Marjory, and Ida are the three eldest children of Col. And Mrs. Peel, who are off in India with their younger children. The Three Little Maids live with a governess back in England and this is their tale.
Hardcover. London, Tate Publishing, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Quentin Blake throughout. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, illustrated boards, in a fair dust jacket with chipping, closed tears. Original $1 price still on front flap. Previous owner's inscription on half title page otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white.
Hardcover. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY STEVEN KELLOGG WITH SKETCH ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright jacket. SIGNED with a little pig sketch by Guarnaccia on title page. In this quirky, artsy retelling of "The Three Little Pigs," the pigs and their homes are nods to three famous architects-Frank Gehry, Phillip Johnson, and Frank Lloyd Wright-and their signature homes. Each house is filled with clever details, including furnishings by the architects and their contemporaries. Of course, not all the houses are going to protect the pigs from the wolf's huffing and puffing. Which one will? The wolf, and readers, are in for a clever surprise ending.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2010, Hardcover in a bright jacket. SIGNED with a little pig sketch by Guarnaccia on title page. In this quirky, artsy retelling of "The Three Little Pigs," the pigs and their homes are nods to three famous architects-Frank Gehry, Phillip Johnson, and Frank Lloyd Wright-and their signature homes. Each house is filled with clever details, including furnishings by the architects and their contemporaries. Of course, not all the houses are going to protect the pigs from the wolf's huffing and puffing. Which one will? The wolf, and readers, are in for a clever surprise ending.
Hardcover. New York, Blue Ribbon Books, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial boards, 64 pages. Illustrated in color and B&W by the Walt Disney Sudios. Previous owner's inscription on half title, otherwise clean internally. Cardboard covers with edge & corner wear, spine has bottom 3rd of paper gone. The movie cartoon of The Three Pigs was released as part of its Silly Symphony series in 1933. The director of the cartoon, Burt Gillett, won an Oscar. This is the first edition of the Disney classic in storybook form, complete with the famous ditty, "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?"
Hardcover. Boston, Dana Estes, reprint, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 244 pages. Yellow pictorial cloth, minor rubbing. Black & white illustrations by Ethelred Barry. Title page states Eighth Thousand. Clean.
Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 338 pages, illustrated in b&w by James, green cloth covers with a black and gilt design. Square, bright copy with a small brownish stain to top inch of spine, Otherwise very good.
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 92 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Pene du Bois. Page 58 has a child's ink scribbling with a few marks on opposite page. Covers worn, soiled. Otherwise the book is tight and clean. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black. 211 pages, black & white illustrations, endpapers art by Le Roy Appleton. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black. 211 pages, black & white illustrations, endpapers art by Le Roy Appleton. Mild soil to covers. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 45 pages, illustrated in b&w by the author. Green cloth spine with illustrated boards. Dust jacket with light edge wear, chunk gone from rear panel at top, smaller corresponding piece gone from rear board. Interior bright, clean.
Hardcover. Moscow, Raduga, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated glossy boards. Color illustrations by Kirill Ovchinnikov. Three old Egyptian tales: Jedi The Magician, The Seafarer and The Snake, How the Thief Outwitted the Pharaoh. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1st, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. With color title-page, fourteen leaves of color plates, and b&w drawings by Hopkins. Covers worn at edges, corners, paper spine gone. There is some pencil marking to front endpapers but interior pages and all color plates are bright and clean.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott , 1st US, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Bound from English sheets. 17 black & white illust. by Lewis Baumer. Front hinge cracked. Several corners creased, one corner (page 23). Page 13 with tear. Decorated green covers.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marc Simont. Light edgewear to price-clipped dust jacket.