Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Roz Chast. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MARTIN. Hardcover with dust jakcet. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harpers Collins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Roz Chast. Minor wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, New York Review Children's Collection, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. 72 pages illustrated in color by the author. A reissue of a title first published in 1934. Peewee the dog didn't know any tricks, not even a single one not even how to roll over not even how to shake hands but never mind he is so teeny weeny that everyone loves him, the clown, the fat lady, the thin man, the strong baby, the acrobats, the elephant, the goat on the burning bed, and all the other amazing performers in the wonderful circus of the man with the quite tall red hat. But then something unexpected happens that threatens to bring Peewee s place under the Big Top to an end. Now Open the Box is a beautiful example of the art of Dorothy Kunhardt, the author of the timeless classic Pat the Bunny and the pioneering picture book Junket Is Nice. Here Kunhardt speaks with wonderfully reassuring directness to children s hopes and fears while making magic out of the simplest things. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, New York Review Of Books , reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format in pictorial boards. Peewee the dog doesn't know any tricks, 'not a single one not even how to roll over not even how to shake hands but never mind he is so teeny weeny that everybody loves him,' the clown, the fat lady, the thin man, the huge tall giant, the strong baby, the acrobats, the elephants, and all the other amazing performers in the wonderful circus of the man with the quite tall red hat. A classic picture book first published in the 1930s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright die-cut dust jacket with decorated boards. Printed on yellow paper. Colorized illustrations. Dark green ribbon page marker. Like new.

Hardcover. London, Methuen & Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 103 pages, b&w drawings throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. Dark red cloth with gold gilt image to front board of Christopher Robin playing with his train and gold gilt image to back cover of Pooh Bear & Piglet. Also gilt edge rulings, gilt titles to spine & gilt to top leaf edge. Tight binding with only minimal wear to top of spine. Pictorial pink endpapers, front & back, showing Christopher Robin with Pooh and various other friends, are very nice. Pale blue dust jacket has darkening to spine and tiny chips to corners, larger chip to top of spine. Front and rear panels with Shepard's drawings.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by Eleanor Corwin. Light edgewear to cover edges.

Hardcover. Chicago, Children's Press, 1st , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lillian Owens. Ex-school library, but only one stamp, light notation, otherwise very good. Light abrasions on cover with white residue on rear cover.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.Color illustrations by Julie Vivas. When old Nurse Lugton falls asleep while sewing her multi-patterned curtain, the sky, huts, villagers, elephants, zebras, giraffes, penguins, and other animals on it come to life. Virginia Woolf's story, first in print in 1965 and republished here as a picture book, is indeed a small tale that flows with the rhythms of an accomplished prose writer. Vivas's watercolor illustrations flow across the pages like the prose, with parading animals and marching villagers costumed as if for Mardi Gras.

Hardcover. Chicago, Books House for Children, 2nd pr., 1927, Book: Very Good, Light blue textured covers with gilt titles to front and spine, set-in circular color illustrated plate with gilt embossed border, decorated endpapers, profusely illustrated with lovely color plates by Maud and Miska Petersham. Pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely collection of nursery rhymes. Illustrated title page. Each leaf with a color illustration. Part of the My Travelship series. First published in 1925, this is the 1927 reprint.

Hardcover. Chicago, Books House for Children, 28th pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Light blue textured covers with gilt titles to front and spine, set-in circular color illustrated plate with gilt embossed border, decorated endpapers, profusely illustrated with lovely color plates by Maud and Miska Petersham. Light soiling and edgewewar to covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a lovely collection of nursery rhymes.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Judy Sierra's retellings are humorous, spirited, respectful of the stories' origins, and attuned to the needs of young listeners. She offers advice for the storyteller as well as source notes and a bibliography. Images and motifs from the traditional artwork or each country appear in Stefano Vitale's splendid illustrations. Eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, Co., reprint, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, front cover completely illustrated with pasted color plate, orange endpapers, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, previous owner's small black ink signature to front endpaper, spine lightly faded and soiled, crisp and unmarked; overall a neat, tight copy of a lovely children's book

Hardcover. NY, Crown, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 102 pages. An early printing of the Sendak edition, published after Sendak designed the costumes and sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of the NUTCRACKER, an excellent, sharp copy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original black blind-stamped cloth, silver-lettered spine and front board. SIGNED BY SENDAK on half-title page.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Illustrated by James Ransome. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NT, Di Capua/ HarperCollins, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by James McMullan. Copyright page states 1st Ed but no price on dust-jacket so assumed Book Club.

Hardcover. NT, Di Capua/ HarperCollins, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by James McMullan. Copyright page states 1st Ed but no price on dust-jacket so assumed Book Club. Noel is a girl who wants to play a doll in the Nutcracker ballet her dance school is performing. She gets the part of a tree. She is sadly disappointed. A great story about how attitude and a change in it can affect life.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st thus, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 148 pages illutrated in b&w and 2-colors by Cooke. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Natick MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger. Light foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket with light wear along edges, tape repaired tears. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st Thus, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Roberto Innocenti. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Michael Hague's beautiful illustrations bring to life the wonder of a Christmas Tree. Small volume, 5.25 x 4.5". Like new.

New York, Harper Collins , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 28 pages. Color illustrations by author.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth, 388 pages. Black & white illustrations by Lois Lenski. Covers show standard wear, title on spine and decoration on cover no longer visible. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) comes another brand-new collection of rhyming stories-this time featuring a unique assortment of owls and pigs. Discovered by his daughter, Adrianne Lobel, Odd Owls and Stout Pigs: A Book of Nonsense is full of the same humor and wit that is found in Lobel's beloved Frog and Toad stories. This new collection will tickle kids once more and create another generation of Arnold Lobel devotees.