Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket, 120 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Charles Lily. The school experiences of a young boy attending school in Uganda.
Hardcover. New York, Callaway, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, beautiful, bold, full-page color illustrations by Roberts printed on stiff paper, rhyming alphabetical poems. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked, spine tight and stiff; a gorgeous book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Callaway, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Scratch mark to rear dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Illustrations by Michael Roberts.
Hardcover. Cambridge England, Cambridge University Press, 1st UK, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards. Watercolor illustrations by Balzola. Light soiling to covers. When Munia wakes up in a bad mood and sees her well-behaved sister, she decides to spend the day being wicked. When she begins to worry that her family will not forgive her, she dons a hat and a new name. Mrs. Blincoand drops in on them to test the waters. Her discovery? They still love Munia but fear she no longer loves them. In a second story, Munia's teeth are falling out, and she is afraid that they won't grow in. That night, crocodiles snap at her in her bedroom and she feels defenseless until a little orange crocodile, also toothless, joins her.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Murdoch, an only mouse, learns to play croquet in this disarmingly sweet little picture-book tale with enchanting b&w pointillist drawings by D.H. ("a well-known artist who wishes to remain anonymous" reads the jacket flap.) Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , Macmillan, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages , illustrated in color by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Clean, bright copy. Probably a Book Club as the dust jacket has no price.
Hardcover. New York, Thomas Crowell, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 79 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&w illustrations by F.G. Attwood. Blue and cream cloth covers with black and gilt design. Newspaper article pasted into front end papers, previous owner's name on end paper, moderate soil to cover boards. Rear gutter cracked on end paper.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Lothrop Publishing Company, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 291 pages + ads in rear. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Scarce baseball novel. Green illustrated cloth with baseball player on front cover. Previous owner's inscription in pencil on front end paper and the number 35 scribbled on prelim page with crayon, else a lovely copy with very little wear to covers.
NY, Golden Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Color Illustrations by Garth Williams. Illustrated end papers. Edgewear and soil to covers. Bottom of spine torn.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 125 Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by William Pene Du Bois. Dj with edgewear, chipping. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Z. Walck, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 114 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Judith Gwyn Brown. Translated from the Russian by Fainna Glagoleva. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Reading Matter.Com, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Set in the South in the 1930s, Johnny and Will are identical twin boys who are separated at an early age. Will is part of a happy, well-off family near Birmingham, Ala. In Tennessee, Johnny is trying to survive neglect and abuse at the hands of his mean-spirted aunt. When Johnny sees a boy on a train who looks just like him, he is determined to meet him, despite every hurdle Aunt Min places in his path. Illustrated in b&w by Leanna Lesley.
Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on separate bookplates on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, lovely color illustrations by Marc Simont. Spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson Potter, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, unpaginated. Hardcover laminated boards with matching dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY RAUL COLON ON TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated in color, gorgeous full-page color illustrations by Raul Colon. No wear to dust jacket or covers; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated with color collagraphs by Barbara Garrison. Her handsome illustrations set the tone for this elegant introduction to major Jewish holidays as well as the Sabbath. From Rosh Hashanah to Purim, Passover and Shavuot, Silverman (The Glass Menorah) delves into Torah and Jewish tradition, neatly distilling the historical background, spiritual significance and present-day rituals associated with commemorating and celebrating each of these special days. Name and date on title page otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. A true masterpiece of book design and illustration for beginning readers, this collection pairs well-known nursery tales with uniquely beautiful period illustrations that look as fresh and vital today as they did six decades ago, when the book was first published in Great Britain. Never before published in the United States, My First Nursery Book features four beloved stories: "Who Killed Cock Robin?," "The Gingerbread Man," "Three Little Pigs," and "The Three Bears." Franciszka Themerson, a Polish avant-garde artist and filmmaker who returned to children's book illustration as a refugee in London in the 1940s, is regarded as one of the great talents in classic children's book illustration. Finally, American children can experience and enjoy this remarkable volume, filled with stunning illustrations that will bring a new audience to Themerson's genius.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket. Ex-lib with light stamping to endpapers. Illustrated in 3-colors by Flora. No First Edition statement on copyright page, no other printings stated.
Hardcover. New York, Harper and Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Ben Shecter. Library stamps on front fly leaf, otherwise unmarked. 32 pages.John's best friend tells everything he knows about John, the secrets they share, their likes and dislikes, and the fun they have as friends.
Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED TO CLEM (CLEMENT HURD, illustrator of "Goodnight, Moon" among others) BY ZOLOTOW. Color illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Slight wear to edges, some spotting to rear cover of price clipped dust jacket else a beautiful copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly soiled dust jacket. color illustrations by William Pene Du Bois, 32 pages. Together Lewis and his mother remember Grandpa, who used to come in the night when Lewis called.
Hardcover. NY, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Caldecott Honor artist Molly Bang celebrates the many wonders of the sun, with radiant words and images that illuminate the myriad ways in which the sun gives us energy and power from its light. Often taken for granted, the sun gives us more than its light. Here, Molly Bang presents a celebration of the wonder and power of the sun and its radiance. With dazzling paintings and a simple poetic text, MY LIGHT follows the paths of the sun's rays, showing the many ways in which we obtain energy from its light. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Most pets are cats and dogs, but what happens when a boy wants a different kind of pet, one that doesn't meow or bark? Bob Staake's exuberant tale of a little boy and the pet of his dreams will appeal to anyone whose best friends are . . . books! Books make the perfect pets, the boy decides, and chooses a bright red one. When it goes missing, a lively adventure is in store for readers who love a happy ending. Soon kids everywhere will wish for a pet book of their very own.