Children's Illustrated from Gilt Edge Books

New York: The Platt & Munk Co, Inc, 1940. Full-page frontispiece in vivid color by Elmer Rache. Twenty-eight stories provided. 184 pp. Pictorial scarlet boards. Gift inscription to ffep. Gentle crease to front board and pale foxing to top edge of book. This book remains sound and bright.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Uncle Wiggily + Elmer Rache + Childrens… Read more

Glasgow and London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1977. The Rain-God's Daughter and Other African Fairy-Tales including stories from Jackanory. Amabel Williams-Ellis, celebrated storyteller and collector of fairy-tales from all over the world , has gathered together a rich and varied selection of tales from Africa. Here are stories of the Great Gready Beast, who gobbled up an entire village, the… Read more

Child's Play (International) Ltd. Each page of this book is beautifully illustrated by the most talented artist and musician Kathryn Meyrick. The young reader will learn a little more about different sorts of instruments and musical activity and will be encouraged to make music-making part of their lives. Illustrated hard-board covers. Contents unpaginated. A bright, clean, sound copy.. ISBN: 0-85953-303-4.… Read more

London: Lutterworth Press, 1964. Frontispiece titled "The Ginger Cat came stalking up again", a full-page color illustration.... Eighteen b/w illustrations include two full-page black and white by illustrator Daphine Rowles. Twelve chapters provided : Blackberry Time.... On Gypsy Common.... A Surprise For Jocko.... etc. This x-library book carries an RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec stamp to prelim, but no rear… Read more

Toronto: William Briggs, 1917. By the same author of "Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch", etc. Frontispiece in full color.... two half-tone full page plates. Gilt to front board bright.... publishers name dulled on spine but title remains bright. Name to ffep. Foxing to exterior edge. A sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Juvenile Literature + Alice Hegan… Read more

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound. Index provided. Beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile author. Illustrated wrap-around dust jacket. Name neatly printed to upper right ffep. Suitable for young readers. A wonderful collection of work! An immaculate book which promises to… Read more

New York: Avenel Books. Undated. Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Funny Poems with 49 illustrations, 17 in full color by Randolph Caldecott. Here three other, "The Milkmaid", .... "Baby Bunting", .... and "The Fox Jumps Over The Parson's Gate", are superbly drawn in color and black and white. Decorative stamped blue boards. An immaculate book in a well illustrated… Read more

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… Read more

New York: Philomel Books, 1995. In this treasury Patricia Polacco tells and illustrates rhymes and stories, some new, some that she heards from her own Russian grandmother, her "Babush", and passed on to her own children. The book presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes. Boldly, richly and beautifully illustrated in colour....each page… Read more

New York: Viking, 1999. 'Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn' creates a memorable portrait of Samuel Clemens - a man almost larger than life who had an enormous impact on America and its literature. It examines the personal life and literary career of the American author of many well-known books including the somewhat controversial title, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".… Read more

Parker Brothers, 1984. A Parker Brothers Story Book. Pictures by Maryann Cocca-Leffer. With the help of Rachel Marie, Ottis Lee and Rebecca Ruby come to appreciate each other's differences and become friends. Gift inscription to copyright page. Book in collectible condition...bright and clean.. ISBN: 0-910313-27-X. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. Bullies-Fiction + Maryann… Read more

Parker Brothers, 1984. A Parker brothers Story book. Pictures by Lynn Lace. When Sally Faye is born in the cabbage patch, she is shy until her new friends are threatened by a mean jackrabbit. Name to fep. A bright, clean book in collectible condition.. ISBN: 0-910313-30-X. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Lynn Lace. Friendshi--Fiction +… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more