Children illustrated

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st thus, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn and lightly spotted dust jacket, 192 pages. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. Illustrations by Walter Trier. First printing of the new translation by Eileen Hall. This copy is bound in original yellow linen covered boards with black titles to the front and spine. Kastner's first major success, the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship, and remains his best-known work, and has been translated into at least 59 languages. The most unusual aspect of the novel, compared to existing children's literature at the time, was that it was realistically set in a contemporary Berlin peopled with some fairly rough characters, not in a sanitized fantasy world; also that it refrained from obvious moralizing, letting the characters' deeds speak for themselves. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Phaidon Press, reprint, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated in color by Ungerer. A reprint of the 1980 tale of an eight-legged hero who has twice as much courage and four times as many legs as most people - except, of course, other octopuses. When deep-sea diver Captain Samovar is attacked by a ferocious shark, Emile comes to his aid. Grateful to his rescuer, the Captain invites him to stay at his home, where Emile sleeps in a bathtub full of salt water. Emile turns out to be a fantastic octopus: he is a gifted musician (able to play three instruments simultaneously) and a great lifeguard, teaching children to swim and saving people from drowning. One day, Emile and the Captain, who works on a police launch, encounter a suspicious-looking boat in the ocean, with a dangerous group of smugglers on board... Clean copy.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Floris Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Emily wants to help her mama by watching Daisy the cow so she doesn't escape out the hole in her fence. On the way to the meadow, Emily meets a big dog, a boastful boy and an old man. But who will help Emily when she needs it? This is a delightful springtime story for young children about kindness and helping others from the world-renowned Swedish author--illustrator Elsa Beskow.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, HardcoverColor illustrations by Martha Alexander. Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial boards, library binding. Black & white illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky. During the summer of 1875, a seven-year-old girl is sent to live with her wealthy uncle in Massachusetts and becomes involved in a very suspicious bank robbery. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barbara Cooney.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st thus, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 90 pages, illustrated in color by Kerstin Meyer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Hardcover, pastel peach cloth stamped in dark blue. 175 pages, illustrated with charming b&w drawings by Flavia Gag. Evans' first story about white folks full of the spirit of a vanished era. 12 yr old Emma Belle is in a small Tennessee town in 1881 As the undisputed leader of her two younger sisters she must figure out how to get to Kinfolks Meeting which their mother has opposed. Spine has a small 3/4" tear, otherwise sound, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover, no dust jacket in slip case. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Karl Lagerfeld.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Mendelson. Animal characters highlight a retelling of the story of two rascals who sell a vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st US, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Hughes. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages, hardcover. Retold and pictured by Margaret Evans Price. Decorated blue boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Light soiling/age toning to front panel. Bumping to corners, light fraying to lower fore edge corner. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf in pencil. Illustrated endpapers. Light fading and age toning to prelim pages. A tight copy.

Hardcover. Owings Mills, Stemmer House Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 128 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated black and white woodprints and full color drawings. Clean unmarked text. Illustrated dust jacket with moderate edgewear. Unclipped.

Hardcover. Owings Mills, Stemmer House Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 128 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated black and white woodprints and full color drawings. Clean unmarked text. Illustrated dust jacket with moderate edgewear, short closed tears. Unclipped.

Hardcover. NY, Enchanted Lion Books, 3rd pr., 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Enormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E.E. cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of his voice and a spirited, sensitive introduction to his poetry. In keeping with the epigraph of the book -- "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are," Matthew Burgess's narrative emphasizes the bravery it takes to follow one's own vision and the encouragement E.E. received to do just that. Lovely color plates by Kris Di Giacomo enhance the story. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers. 48 pages illustrated in color by Anne Rockwell. Minor wear to cover at edge of spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st , 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Howard V. Brown. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Corners bumped, light soil to covers. Fraying and edgewear moderate.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Publishing, 2nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 20 pages illust. in color, black & white by Oscar Howard. Scarce in a nice dust jacket with moderate chipping to spine.

Hardcover. NY, Scribner & Welford, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. Illustrated throughout in color by Seeley. The history of the inhabitants of Brandon Hall is told from the planting of a mulberry tree brought to England by Sir Francis Drake until the reign of Queen Victoria. No date but appears to be the first American edition. Originally published in London in 1881. Very nice copy, bright and clean.

Hardcover. Boston, The Page Company, 3rd, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 706 pages. Hardcover. Features over 700 black & white illustrations. Red cloth covers with attractive titles and decorations. Light wear. A nice copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Yaccarino. All week long, a boy and his father look forward to their Friday ritual-breakfast at their favorite diner. The leisurely walk through the neighborhood is just as good as the pancakes at the end.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Hardcover board book illustrated by Marla Frezee. Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They're kissed and dressed and rocked and fed and completely adored by families that love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, this book is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and, of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best. Clean copy. No "Baby on Board" window cling. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Ness. Ex-lib with library stamp on front and back endpapers. Dust jacket with light edgewear to bottom corner edge.

Hardcover. London, Arthur Barker, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, horizontal format. A Bunbury cricket tale. Clean copy.