Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 2nd pr., 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt and black decoration, 171 pages. Eight color illustrations by Marion Oldham. Endpapers drawing by Maria Kirk. Spine lightly faded. No dust jacket. Carrots is the nickname of a little boy named Fabian, and his delightful story was written by the famous Victorian Era children's writer Mrs. Molesworth. Molesworth was the pen name of Ennis Graham, who was favorably described as the Jane Austen of children's literature.
Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated with Bradley's wonderful primitive-style paintings. Clean, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY ON TITLE PAGE. Red laminate covers and white laminate dust jacket with color illustration, lovely full page color illustrations by McCully. Clean covers and dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy of a beautiful children's book.
Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpagenated hardcover with dust jacket. Laminated boards SIGNED BY ERIC CARLE on copyright page. On rear end paper there is a sound button. Slight rippling to paper, sound button works. Bright color illustrations by author. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown covers with black title on spine. Illustrated in 3-colors by Paul Galdone. Using a burger-loving boy as an example, this book suggests ways of losing weight. A 1972 fat-shaming tale. No dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean. And thin.
Hardcover. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages of color plates plus many pages of b/w illustrations, 296 pages in all.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Amy Schwartz.
Hardcover. New York , NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a reprint of a classic. SIGNED by illustrator Marc Simont on half title (page 15). No dj issued.
Hardcover. New York , NYR Children's Collection, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a reprint of a classic. SIGNED by illustrator Marc Simont on half title (page 15). No dj issued.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY KALMAN. From bestselling author Lemony Snicket and celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman comes an uproarious, whimsical word book like no other. Together, Snicket and Kalman present a strikingly beautiful journey woven from a practical introduction to thirteen wonderful words, featuring such marvels as Bird, Dog, Panache, and Haberdashery. Snicket, the notoriously clever and elusive New York Times bestselling author, pushes the boundaries of storytelling in the most fanciful of ways. Maira Kalman, renowned for her art and design, carries this madcap adventure to wondrous heights with her vision of a world populated with hats, song, and cake. This rollicking, surprising book is a true celebration of words.
Hardcover. New York , Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY FLEISCHMAN on front fly leaf. B&w illustrations by Peter Sis. When Buddy Stebbins stumbles onto the thirteenth floor of a shabby old building, he finds himself suddenly transported aboard a leaking pirate ship in a howling storm--three hundred years in the past! Cast adrift with Captain John Crack-stone, Buddy washes up in New England, where his plucky ancestor, Abigail, is caught up in the witchcraft mania. In an adventure filled with ghosts, witches, pirates, and razzle-dazzle treasure, Buddy might be able to save his wayward ancestors. But will he find his way back to the thirteenth floor--and home?
Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by Chuck Groenink. This simple nonfiction picture book about the beloved American poet William Carlos Williams is also about how being mindful can result in the creation of a great poem like 'The Red Wheelbarrow'--which is only sixteen words long. In this lovely picture book, young listeners will see how paying attention to the simplest everyday things can inspire the greatest art, as they learn about a great American poet.
Softcover. Brooklyn, NY , Kane Miller, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Philip Hopman. Illustrated cardboard covers.
Hardcover. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., Reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on inside front cover. Full color illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. Dust jacket with dime size piece of paper missing at top of spine, light chipping along edges. Jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Abrams Books for Young Readers, 6th pr, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED by illustrator. The family in 365 Penguins finds a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door every day for a year. At first they're cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up--along with the family's problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They're noisy and smelly, and they always hog the bathroom! And who on earth is sending these kwak-ing critters? Bright, striking illustrations with lots of opportunity for counting (and lots of laughs).
Hardcover. Racine, WI, Whitmand Publishing, 1st , 1927, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 9 mini books. Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jackets. Spines are very fragile. Chipping to cover/boards. 4 books are complete; 2 books covers are separated and disconnected at the spine; 2 books are missing covers; 1 book is missing front cover and initial title pages.
NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with flaps glued to inside covers. 145 pages, b&w drawings by David Stone Martin. An engaging chronicle that concerns three generations of cats and their provider, Ann, a single woman with a ground-floor apartment and a back yard. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue.
New York, Delacorte Press, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 144 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Patrick James Lynch. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. A great collection of folktales from England & Wales, filled with boggarts, hobgoblins & other creatures.
New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 122 pages. Black & white chapter illustrations by Kate Kiesler. "Ehrlich ventures confidently into new terrain in her eloquent and affecting debut children's novel. [Her] prose, as pristine and spare as her snow-covered landscape, portrays the quiet drama of the changing seasons -- in both their consistency and unpredictability -- as well as a family attuned to nature's every nuance." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review. Clean copy
NY, Philomel Books, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Poetry collected by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. 64 pages. Clean, bright copy.
New York, Dodd Mead and Company, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Publisher's covers in green cloth with green and white floral decorations & gilt lettering. Five photogravure illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Both the cover design and page borders are by designer George Wharton Edwards.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A collection of humorous verses about animals, friendly or otherwise. Additional poems by Lucy Gardner & Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan & John Gardner. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light yellow cloth stamped in blue. A humorous look at life from a baby's/toddler's point of view. Part of The Boston Children's Medical Center's Publications for Parents series. Illustrated throughout in two-colors with Marc Simont's humorous drawings. Clean, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Garden City Publishing Co., 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. An alphabet and number book illustrated in reds and blacks, with dashes of yellow and blue. Illustrated by Nerman. Spine has fraying to top and bottom of spine. Pencil name inside front cover otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Co., 1st thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 140 pages. Red cloth with color pastedown to front cover. An uncommon illustrated edition of Child's Garden of Verses including 7 color plates and 8 b&w plates by Josephine Wheeler Weage. Size: 8vo. No date but inscription on front fly leaf dated Dec. 25, 1916. Color frontispiece attached at gutter with tape on verso as it had become loose. Otherwise clean, very good.
Hartford CT, C.M. Gaines, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 24 pages, illustrated with b&w photos (retouched) and drawings. Green cloth covers with pastedown illustration and silver lettering and design. Previous owner's signature, inscription on front end paper, otherwise clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY JACKSON on the half-title page. An alphabet book for young readers presents the black-and-white Holstein cow in the setting of the lush Vermont countryside throughout the changing seasons of the year.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 296 pages. Black cloth with color label on front, spine lettering faded. Five color plates and endpaper illustration by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Covers and dust jacket illustrated in color, gorgeous full page color illustrations by Nascimbene. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, spine stiff and tight, covers and pages clean, unmarked and crisp; a beautiful children's book in excellent condition. Two children, separated by great distances both of miles and of social class, grow up dreaming each other's dreams. By incredible chance they meet not just once, but twice, and live happily ever after.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards. At the moment, all Lola can talk about is dogs. She says she would like one more than anything you could think of. "More than a squirrel or an actual fox," she says. Sometimes she pretends to be a dog. And sometimes she pretends that her brother, Charlie, is a dog. The two of them love to talk about what sort of dog they would choose if Mom and Dad didn't always say, "ABSOLUTELY NO DOGS!" Dad says he'll take Lola to the pet store to choose a rabbit, but Lola insists that she only wants a dog, an extremely furry dog with a wiggly nose, a puffy tail, and nice ears. . . . Fans old and new will cotton to this humorous Charlie and Lola adventure sure to please any child who ever longed for the ideal pet. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Describes how dolphins are trained to perform tricks through the experiences of Squirt, a bottlenose dolphin whose successful training led to appearances in marine shows all across the country. B&w illustrations by Ted Lewin.
Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's & Sons, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Carl Larsson. Text based on artist's original text. Translated by Ernest Edwin Ryden. Dust jacket faded, price tag inside front cover.
Softcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 5th pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large softcover with pictorial wrappers. 26 full-page woodcuts by Mary Azarian. a beautiful clean, tight children's book in great condition. SIGNED BY AZARIAN on the title page.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with a pastedown plate on front. illustrations by Morgan Dennis; foreword by Morris Frank. 65 pages; b&w plates and text illustrations throughout + 8 b&w photographic plates in rear. The story of a blind person and his "seeing eye" guide dog, written shortly after the first guide dog was brought to America from Switzerland. Spine label faded, mild soil to covers otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Buffalo NY, Annick Press, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Color illustrations by Bernard Oberdieck. No dust jacket. A rare white owl who has always lived in a cage in a travelling circus is bought by the gardener at a nearby castle, who lets her out of her cage in the attic to scare the mice. When the opportunity for escape presents itself, the owl hesitates. Freedom means taking responsibility and risks. Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Ben Shecter. An I Can Read Mystery. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1st, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray-green cloth with gilt. silver and black decoration to front board and spine. 238 pages profusely illustrated in b&w by various illustrators. Endpapers feature a map of the Island of Guernsey with the author's previous books opposite. Susan Coolidge is the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835-1905) American author of children's books. Previous owner's name on blank prelim page, hinge cracked at front, binding a little shaken. Lettering on spine faded.
Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI, Eerdmans, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A brief collection of seasonal poems for young readers based on the author's experiences living in Lancaster County, PA. Beautifully illustrated in color by Bill Farnsworth.
Hardcover. New York, Wonder Books, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Tight copy. Illustrations by Irv Gershen.
Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 217 pages. 60 black & white illustrations by H.A. Ogden. Bright gilt decorated cover with 3-color decoration. Previous owner's inscription on prelim page. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Garden City, NY, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, and light soil. Illustrated endpapers. First book written by the notable illustrator, who went on to create the Rosy Cole children's series. A delightful tale of romance and culture in the city.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Preston and his wife, Ruth, own Ellington Lodge. Preston is a checkers-playing fiend and is known around the neighborhood as the greatest checkers player in the world. When a small dog named Marley shows up at Ellington Lodge, Preston at first thinks he's harmless, and Ruth is delighted because Marley helps out with chores that Preston has no time for, due to his checkers games. Ever-helpful Marley soon seems to cast a spell over everyone at the lodge with his cooking talent, amazing storytelling, speed painting, and magic tricks. Color art by Egan. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, book is clean.
Hardcover. New York , Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover, library binding. 62 pages illustrated in color by Palazzo. Clean copy.
hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Susan Perl. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Animals gently angle to have a new baby named after themselves in this sweet picture book by Lizi Boyd, whose previous work was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. "A name is a sound that follows you around. I'm listening for one," says Mother Mouse. Holding her new baby close, she fields suggestions from Sadie Snail, Kiki Cat, Merle Squirrel, and a host of other animals (many of whom would like to see the new baby named after themselves!). One by one, the animals suggest names for baby that would personally honor themselves. Lyrical text filled with wordplay will charm soon-to-be parents and soon-to-be older siblings alike. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped in black. 135 pages illustrated by H.C. Millard. Wonderful drawings of prehistoric creatures, many full page on beige color background. Scarce. Light stains to cover, inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ronald Himler. This picture-book biography focuses mainly on the War of 1812, but also mentions Madison's contributions to the Constitution and the creation of the three branches of government. Although this is a biography of the couple, there is more specific information on James Madison than on Dolley. Still, readers do learn some interesting facts about her, such as how she rescued a portrait of George Washington while the Executive Mansion burned. Adler's writing is clear yet not oversimplified, and is without fictionalization.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 5 color plates by Henry Pitz plus endpapers design in b&w. Clean, tight copy. Black cloth cover with cover label in color. 305 pages. Lettering on spine is faded. Life as it was for the early prairie settlers. Chapter headings include: In a Prairie Schooner; The Arrival; First Experiences; Passing Days; A Prairie Fire; Catching a Horse Thief; In the White World; A Blizzard, A Struggle and a Victory, etc.
Softcover. US, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with light to minor wear to paper wrappers. Abraision to front cover. Illustrated by H. Cady. Previous owner's markings on some pages.