Children's Illustrated from Gilt Edge Books

The contents provide twelve stories - Violet Skunk's Birthday Party - Little Lost Bear - Kite In The Wind - The Shiny Shorts - Mountain Climbers - The Flying Plate - Pearl Diving - The Log Rollers - The Pirates Treasure - Circus Days - Soapsuds -The Fruit Basket. Chapter heading illustrations by the talented Pat Patience are in b/w.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Viking, Published By the Penguin Group, 1993. James Sage is a children's book author and an award-winning documentary and educational filmmaker. With the cadences of nature song and the simple power of folk-art technique, Where The Great Bear Watches offers a joyful vision of life and nature in the Far North. It is a celebration of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D.C.: Books For Young Explorers, National Geographic Society, 1986. This beautifully photographed children's book describes the various places in which animals seek safety and shelter for themselves, for their young and for their food. Gift inscription to fep. A bright, clean book.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

London: The Bodley Head, 1981. In The Sword and The Circle, Rosemary Sutckiff retells the age-old stories of Arthur's birth, how he became King of Britain, the formation of the the Fellowship of the Round Table, and the many adventures of its famous Knights, Sir Lancelot of the Lake, Gawain, Percival, Tristan of Cornwall, etc. The impressive illustrated chapter headings… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J.M. Dent , 1933. Contents provide twenty-five chapters, a generous list of illustrations by Walter Hodges. Colour frontispiece. Full-page b/w illustrations and others. Suitable for young readers or for the illustrated work alone. A sound respectable book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: William Morrow and Compamy, 1982. Maria - Translated from the Dutch by Anthea Bell. Illustrations by Mance Post. The author was born and educated in Holland. Maria is her first novel. In 1980 it won the Silver Stylus, one of the major Dutch prizes for children's literature. She has created a warm, realistic story that will appeal… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1977. Oversize format. Illustrated card covers. Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a typical castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales between 1277 and 1305. The planning and construction epitomized over two centuries of military engineering accomplishments throughout Europe and the Holy Land. Glossary provided. Pen and ink illustrations by the author will… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Atheneum, 1965. Illustrated by Walter Ferro. Wonderful full-page woodcuts will be found throughout which does much to compliment this novel, suited to young readers. The author's deep interest in Western Canada history led her to receive a Canada Council Scholarship to research the Haida Indians and to discover the source of 'West With The White Chiefs', the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1967. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Story by May McNeer Ward. Pictures by Lynd Ward. Illustrations by Lynd Ward all in color... some full-page, others running into two-page spreads - very well illustrated! Sixty-four printed pages. Blue cloth boards with a black stamped picture of a wolf in a howling position to front board. No names or… Saber más sobre este artículo

Muppet Press, Longmeadow Press, 1989. 1989. First Printing. Muppet Kids Series. Illustrated card covers. A Jim Henson Muppet Press Book. Piggy is frantic. Her piano recital is next week and she hasn't even picked out a piece to play yet! It takes a good friend - Rowlf - to help her get things under control. The Muppet Kids are like… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada 1962 (c.1962). "My Uncle Joe" is narrated by the twelve-year-old boy who accompanied his pugnacious uncle on a survey of hauling prospects north of the C.P.R. tracks. They never actually had time to survey prospects - they were too busy with wolfers, unfriendly Indians, Mountie deserters, and the Reil Rebellion. James McNamee has written… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 1993. First US Miniature Edition.. A well-illustrated, unpaginated miniature book. Free of names or inscriptions. Illustrated glazed hardboard covers.... peach-colour endpapers. A lovely bright book that would be sure to please.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Book, Ny Western Publishing Company, Inc 1992 (c. 1990) 'A Golden Sturdy Book'... unpaginated hardboard leaves. Beautifully illustrated throughout. All illustrations are in a two-page scenic spread format... bright and colourful. This delightful book of Christmas anticipation promises to be enjoyed by children for text and illustration. Illustrated hardboard covers. Gentle bruise to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Century Co. (c. 1927) Four full-page illustrations including frontispiece by Charles Livingston Bull on heavier semi-gloss stock. All present and firmly attached. Dark blue-green boards.... illustrated front panel and spine. Orange title print to front board and spine. Foxing to top and foredge of book. Sporadic light-color foxing internally. Gift inscription to ffep. Ink spots… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Santillana Publishing Co, 1975. Illustrated glazed boards. I Am Fire is the story of the relationship between fire and man from the time of their earliest encounter. It is told from the point of view of fire, in its own words. The very imaginative illustrations and the simple text provide the child with an understanding… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. The second Gooseyplum book - the gang goes into battle! Who are the gang? Gus Gooseyplum.... Claude Kittenpillar.... Riki Rabbit and Tommy Tortoise (who never gets left behind). The text is greatly enhanced with the delightful drawings of Aileen Forbes-Boyd. Green cloth boards. Gilt pictorial stamped decoration to front board panel. Gilt… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Santillana Publishing Co, 1975. Illustrated glazed boards.I Am A Bird is a basic introduction to the world of birds. The child learns many fascinating aspects about the lives as he reads of one particular little bird. The child gains insight into how birds are born, how they get fed, how they live, and about their most… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Crown Publishers,Inc, 1978. . A little boy who has never been allowed to have a pet finds the perfect solution to his problems..... a warm and humorous story. Very well illustrated by free-lance illustrator, Arthur Cumings who has devoted much of his time to illustrating books for children. Cloth boards with black title print to front board… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hamilton, Bermuda: The Bermudian Publishing Company Limited 1996 Reprint. Illustrated and written by Elizabeth A. Mulderig. Designed by David Conrad. Tiny is a very original tree frog. His adventuresome spirit takes him into Bermuda's ocean to explore the wonderful sights underwater. Elizabeth A. Muldrig's whimsical, rhyming text and bright, colorful paintings immerse the reader in the Island's magical underwater… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. First Edition in English. Originally published under the title 'Sur Mon Ile' in 1999. In this fun, quirky story, author/illustrator Marie-Louise Gay has produced an ingenious and playful book showing that bordom is really a state of mind. Very well illustrated! This internationally noted illustrator has won many awards, which include the Governor… Saber más sobre este artículo