Hardcover. Australia, Child & Associates, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, 103 pages, 4 stories (poems): Possum Creek's Big Flood - The Great Possum Creek Bush Fire - The Great Possum Creek Earthquake - The Lost World of Possum Creek. Color illustrations by Yvonne Perrine. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Crowell-Collier Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth boards. 64 pages illustrated with b&w cartoon-like drawings by Robert Jones. Mild soil to covers, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, New York Review of Books, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. First publlshed in 1950, this charming picture book by the Caldecott Medal-winning team of Simont and Krauss features bold illustrations that bring to life a humorous and engaging reversal of ordinary reality that will enchant young children and their parents. Full color. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Barefoot Books, 3rd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Giovanni Manna. SIGNED BY MATTHEWS on a tipped-in bookplate on the front fly leaf. When young Tom of Warwick is sent away to a castle to learn about knighthood and chivalry, at first he finds the castle cold and unfriendly, but the action-packed stories of kindly Master William, the armorer, inspire Tom to work hard in the hope of one day becoming a real knight. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Arabelle Wheatley. Great book for young folks to enjoy about our seashores and how to enjoy the treasures found there. Includes how-to instructions for things such as sand lanterns, sand painting, making shell mosaics, storing shells, making a beachcomber's collage and many, many more. Recipe for a clambake and how to do it. Shell identification and index included.
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. Color illustrations by Chris Conover.
Hardcover. NY, NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. "Once upon a time, in fact it was Tuesday," the Bear went into the woods to settle in for his long winter nap. But when he awoke what had happened? The trees were gone, the grass was gone, the flowers were gone, and in their place were buildings, cars, a fenced-off courtyard. The Bear had no idea that he was in the middle of a factory. "Get back to work!" a man yelled out of the blue. "I don't work here," said the Bear, "I'm a bear." The man laughed and laughed. "Fine excuse for a man to keep from doing any work--saying he's a bear." And so it began and so it went, with the Bear protesting his bearness all the way from the Third Vice President to the First, and no one willing to believe that he wasn't just a silly man in a fur coat who needed a shave. How the bear endured and how he finally prevailed are the subject of this delightful modern fairy tale--beautifully illustrated with the author's inventive line drawings--about sticking up for yourself, no matter how many Foremen, General Managers, Vice Presidents, or even Company Presidents stand in your way. Reprint of this classic originally published in 1946.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in 3-colors bu Kushkin. Library binding, NOT ex-lib. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Random House/Beginner Books, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, illustrated in color by the authors, 60 pages. Daddy Bear tries to show his son how to use the sled, skis and skates he got for Christmas - with disastrous results. Fist published in the early 70s. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR with a color drawing of a lamb by Morgan on the front fly leaf. After her grandmother dies, a little Tuscan girl cannot stand the sound of bells until the good-hearted schoolmaster introduces her to some belled lambs. Morgan's bright, folksy illustrations evince a hearty rusticity perfectly suited to the sweet and compassionate story. Small tear to dj at top of spine, otherwise a clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY 11 ARTISTS on bookplate and book. More than forty acclaimed children's book authors and illustrators join together to create an anthology: stories, poems, essays, and pictures that celebrate Earth and call attention to environmental destruction, overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial covers, 314 pages illustrated in color by the Berestains. Six Berenstain Beginner Books in one volume: Bears in the Night, The Bears' Vacation, The Bears' Picnic, The Spooky Old Tree, The Bike Lesson, and The Missing Dinosaur Bone. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 2016, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 306 pages. Everyone's favorite bear family is back in this collection of seven classic Berenstain Bears Bright and Early books. Written and illustrated by the beloved husband and wife team of Stan and Jan Berenstain, this one-of-a-kind treasury--featuring a story that has been unavailable for fifteen years--includes The Berenstain Bears on the Moon; The Bear Detectives; Bears on Wheels; He Bear She Bear; Inside Outside Upside Down; The Bear Scouts; and Old Hat New Hat. A perfect addition to your collection for those just learning how to read . . . or those just starting to read all on their own.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow oversized pictorial binding with an illustration of a cowboy riding a bucking horse on the cover. Color illustrations by the author. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Calla/Dover, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration, 352 pages. A magnificent treasury of popular folklore, this rare, hardcover compilation offers a bounty of delightful illustrations by Charles Robinson -- there are black-and-white illustrations on every page as well as 16 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Little Tom Tucker" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" to "Good King Arthur" and "Shave a Pig." A facsimile reproduction of the 1903 edition.
Hardcover. New York, Golden Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards, 61 pages. Color illustrations by Gene Biggs. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House/ Beginner Books, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with minor wear to spine and corners, chip to rear panel at bottom. Pictorial glossy boards. Contents tight and unmarked. $1.95 price on dust jacket flap. Color illustrations by the Berenstains. An early printing of their first book, but back of dj has their second book listed (The Bike Lesson) so not a true 1st printing.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 158 pages, b&w drawings by Douglas Phillips. An adventure story set in Thailand's teak forests, where the mighty elephant is bulldozer, tractor and sometimes killer. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, Remains of Caldecott sticker on front panel. No date on title page so assumed early reprint. 1953 Caldecott winner. A delightful story about Johnny and the bear he finds as a cub. Illustrated in soft brown tones by the author.
Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Ruth Wood. Wonder Books #550, 39 cents. This lovely vintage children's book circa 1950 tells the story of an old school bus named Busby driven by Joe the driver and his many adventures. Ownership page with name, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Carlos Merida. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st Illust., 1912, Hardcover, originally written in 1886, this is a 1912 printing, a more scarce edition featuring the pen-and-ink sketches & color (black/gray/white/red) illustrations by artist Katharine R. Wireman. 91 pages. Small hardcover 8vo (6.75" x 8.5"), green cloth over boards with red & lighter green illustrations of birds, candles, & holly & red script lettering to front & spine. Front fly leaf gone, spine with mild fading.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, silver design on front cover. Frontispiece, three double-page illustrations in color and b&w line plates by Pamela Bianco. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue-green cloth with maroon lettering and drawing. Three-color, b&w illustrations by Margaret Van Doren. Front fly leaf gone, light soil, small mark to covers. Otherwise very good, clean. A spirited black puppy learns to make friends with two kittens in his new home.