China: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. Michael Hague. First Edition. Pictorial glossy paper over boards. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with a large wizard's head in profile, 4to, pictorial glossy paper over boards with an illustration of a wizard by Michael Hague, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in color and B&W, 145..... More
New York Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2008. Michael Hague. First Edition. Pictorial boards. SIGNED and ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a monster by the Author-Illustrator, small 4to, full color pictorial boards, Mylar-protected full-color glossy pictorial dust jacket reproducing the pictorial boards' illustration by Hague, profusely illustrated with color..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. Michael Hague. First Edition. Decorated boards. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with a small BEAR's Head, 4to, pictorial glossy paper over boards depicting numerous colorful teddy bear heads, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in color and B&W, 62 + [2] copyright page..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1986. Michael Hague. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Oblong 8vo (7 7/8" x 11 1/4"), red backstrip cloth over a glossy full color photographic overlay over boards image of a unicorn in a fairyland forest by Hague, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in 12..... More
Biemidji, MN: Focus Publishing, Inc., 1996. Paul Brent. First Edition. Pictorial boards. DOUBLY SIGNED by the Author & Illustrator on the title page plus Paul Brent has added a darling small sketch of a manatee, oblong 8vo (11 3/8" x 8 7/8"), glossy pictorial cover with a pink manatee in..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1925. Walter S. Rogers. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7.5" x 5 1/4"), illustrated by Walter S. Rogers with colored frontispiece and 3 colored illustrations and colorful end papers, protected by an archival plastic cover, light blue cloth with black lettering on spine and..... More
New York: Dial Books, 1988. Jerry Pinkney. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, FURTHER ADVENTURES of BRER RABBIT, tan quarter cloth with scarlet lettering over grass green boards, pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Jerry Pinkney with B&W frontispiece & 4 double-spread full color pictures plus several in-text..... More
Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1998. Jim Harris. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. SIGNED by the Illustrator, small 4to (8 7/8" x 11 5/8"), glossy pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an old bearded propsector with pack rat and burro depicted by Jim Harris, fully illustrated in..... More
New York Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co., 1843. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 16mo (6" x 4 1/8"), decorative gilt- and embossed- brown cloth with gilt spine with a gilt flag-bearing soldier decoration, illustrated with steel engraved frontispiece of "Nieu Nederlandt" after an original from Holland, 161 pages +..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1936. Helen Noel. First Edition - Limited to 1/1000. Cloth. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Press Owner-Designers Norman & Madeline Forgue, 8vo, tan buckram with red lettering on spine and profile of Greek warrior in red on front cover, profusely illustrated by Helen Noel, red map..... More
New York: Bradbury and Evans, 1991. Jonathan Hunt. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial cover. INSCRIBED by Illustrator Jonathan Hunt with a large 5" by 7" detailed drawing of a magical kingdom, small 4to (9" x 11"), glossy full-color pictorial boards depicting a girl with map overlooking a river and..... More
New York: Greenwillow Books / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. Kevin Henkes. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Square 4to (10 1/4" x 10 1/4"), black cloth over mottled gray boards with kitten in oval, white and gray illustrations originally in gouache & colored pencil by Kevin Henkes, [32] pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! With "The..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Holling Clancy Holling. First Edition. Decorated cloth. INSCRIBED, SIGNED with a DRAWING of a TREE in mountains on the title page by the AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR, 4to (11 1/8" x 9 14"), green cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover with spreading tree, profusely illustrated..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Tasha Tudor. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Oblong 12mo (7 1/4" x 8"), pictorial boards with glossy photographic cover of girl and goose by Tasha Tudor, illustrated throughout by Tudor, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating cover illustration, [iv} + [28] pages. Another..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1939. Reprint. Decorated cloth. Small 8vo, gray-green diamond lattice tweed patterned cloth with figures of the Bobbsey Twins and dog in center, illustrated B&W frontispiece, [vi] + 216 pages. The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Patrick Benson. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white boards, illustrated by Patrick Benson with full-color dust jacket & map endpapers plus many B&W chapter headings & other in-text B&W pictures..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Patrick Benson. First U.S. Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white boards, illustrated by Patrick Benson with full-color dust jacket & map endpapers plus many B&W chapter headings & other in-text B&W pictures, an..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, [1886]. Kate Greenaway. First Greenaway Edition. Pictorial boards. Square 8vo, tan cloth with black lettering on spine & brown and black lettering with rules plus a colored Greenaway drawing of three children on the cover, colored frontispeice by Kate Greenaway and 27 smaller colored illustrations, all..... More
New York: A Mulberry Paperback Book, 1994. Kevin O'Malley. First Mulberry Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the ILLUSTRATOR Kevin O'Malley with his ORIGINAL SKETCH, small 4to (10 7/8" x 8 3/8"), colorful wrappers of a shoe on a fancy pillow, [32] pages. Cute and amusing modern take-off..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1973. G&D Edition: 1973 later printing. Boards. 8vo, sky blue textured boards with black lettering and verticle rule on spine & front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Ramona being led by an Indian through the mountains, several B&W in-text illustrations, 424 pages. Helen..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Margot Tomes. First Edition. Cloth and boards. PRESENTATION Copy SIGNED by the Author on the half-title, 8vo, gray quarter cloth over light blue boards with "Jean Fritz" in gold on cover, Illustrated with frontispiece drawings by Margot Tomes and photographs, Mylar-protected dust jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. Steve Jenkins. First Edition. Boards. 4to, glossy pictorial boards, profusely illustrated with colorful animals by Steve Jenkins, [32] pages. With the Silver "Caldecott Honor Book" Medallion on the cover. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! First Edition, later printing. More
Robbinston, Maine: PaXart Publishing / Pax-Art.com, 2009. Peter Johannes. First Printing. Pictorial boards. Square quarto [4to] (9 7/8" x 10"), glossy photographic boardsdepicting a mouse beneath a mushroom, image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated with color photos and text by Peter Johannes, 91 pages. Peter Johannes is an award-winning..... More
New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires: Scholastic Inc., June, 2002. David Cantrow. First Scholastic Printing. Wrappers. SIGNED with a SKETCH by the Illustrator, 4to, pictorial colorful wrappers by David Cantrow, [36] pages. The first cloth (?) edition is copyrighted 2001; this appears..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1985. Steven Kellogg. First Edition, Later Printing. Pictorial boards. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with an original cartoon of Chicken Little on a front endpaper, 4to (11 1/4" x 9"), full-color pictorial boards with Kellogg montage of cartoon characters repeated on the pictorial..... More