Children's Picture Books from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Delacorte, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Matje, Martin. A curious little tale of the scourge of the bookshop, the BOOK VAMPIRE. Later printing, VG, no jacket as issued. Small stain to ffep, half title, title, not affecting text.

Golden Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fair. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Malvern, Corinne. Attractive but flawed 8th printing of this classic, from 1971. Spine is broken/fragile, pages just hanging on in the binding, but none are loose at the moment. Wear to boards including scuffs to all corners. Pages are all clean and unmarked, with well-reproduced classic… Saber más sobre este artículo

Golden Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Scarry, Richard. A Richard Scarry illustrated classic in oversized picture book form. Fifth printing stated. Illustrated boards have plenty of wear, scuffing to corners. Very faint crease to title page. 4-5 pages have some unknown browning/soil at the very bottom - not extending past a half inch. Pages are slightly toned, but overall… Saber más sobre este artículo

Candlewick Press, 2008. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Lynch, P.J. . Very attractive illustrated edition of the classic O. Henry tale, illustrated by the well-regarded Irish illustrator P.J. Lynch. First printing of this edition, fine in a fine jacket.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knight, Hilary. This reprint was sold at Kohls as a holiday gift; reprint of the 1981 classic. Charming animals who live in darling houses in the woods have strange things in their yards like geese a -laying and drummers drumming, but it all makes sense on the final, fold-out… Saber más sobre este artículo

Landoll, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cute pop-up story about er...some elves who have the day off (and for some reason Santa isn't busy and hangs out with them). At any rate, Near Fine with all pop ups intact, slight lean to spine.

Harper Collins, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Whatley, Bruce. Illustrator Bruce Whatley's interpretation of the classic tale. NF in a like jacket, with just a touch of shelf wear to rear jacket panel.

William Morrow, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Lemieux, Michele. An adaptation of the story of Menotti's now-classic opera with stunning illustrations. NF in a Very Good price-clipped jacket, with a little bend to the top of the front jacket panel and a light crease/fingernail mark.

Hallmark, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sundblom, Haddon. A version of the classic tale in which all illustrations of Santa come from well known Coca-Cola Illustrator Haddon Sundblom. A handful of other illustrations (without Santa) are not credited. VG in glossy pictorial wraps, with a scuff to the top edge of the spine.

New York: Greenwillow, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Chen, Tony. First printing of this delightful folktale. Retired from a school library, a bit of sticker and tape to the jacket but no markings to interior save for one name written neatly on the FFEP. Jacket has a few small… Saber más sobre este artículo

Harry Abrams, 1992. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Book is in lovely condition, no marks, minor bend to first two pages. Jacket has some usual shelf wear and corner bumps but no tears or serious problems. A spectacular "tale of greed and high adventure in two acts." Illustrations are vibrant, impeccable. Very early edition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Ex-lib, but in great shape-- DJ is crisp and un-priceclipped ($8.95), Ffep has a torn place and another sticker.Weird stain to the FFEP but does not affect readability. Overall, a great copy in this fun, out-of-print classic series about a lovable dog.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Duvoisin, Roger. A wise bird and a little girl help Donkey-donkey finally decide how to wear his ears. Book is in decent condition with bumps to corners and wear to the cover edges. Spine is cloth-bound and in very good shape. Glorious color endpapers and pagers are perfect. Green pictorial… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of this (literally) shaggy dog story, the fifth Mishmash novel. NF in a VG jacket, previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper. Light wear to jacket, slightly faded, touch of soil to rear jacket panel.

New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Wonderfully illustrated Mother Goose stories, somewhat re-imagined by Sendak. First edition stated, NF in a NF, price-clipped jacket. Front endpaper has a slight crease, otherwise wonderful, with great colors.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A nice copy in a worn jacket. Bright picture cover of this chilrden's book about music and sound. Very clean internally, with a little wear to board edges. Jacket is present but has several significant tears and chips, but is bright. Price clipped.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Deraney, Michael. A clean copy of this Thanksgiving picture book--a young russian girl struggles to adapt to a new school. Her classmates come to realize that Molly's mother is a modern day pilgrim. 7th printing, but NOT ex-library. Overall very clean--fine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Dutton Childrens Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown, Ruth. A wonderfully illustrated children's picture book about a grumpy old man who rescues a circus bear from captivity. Fine in a jacket with a significant tear to the top of the spine, extending to the front panel. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Knight, Hilary. A nice clean copy of this classic story, with Hilary Knight's priceless illustrations. Fine in a NF jacket. Fold out page has a slight crease to inside edge. Later printing.

New York: Hyperion, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by author on the title page. William Wegman (with Carole Kismaric and Carole Heiferman) retells the Cindarella story in series of staged photos of Wegman's beloved Weimeraners. This is a first printing, inscribed "To Dick and Karen", with a small… Saber más sobre este artículo