Search Results: Children's & Illustrated from Knickerbocker Books

Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1996. 1996 First Printing. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. FINE in FINE, price-intact, dust jacket. A pristine hardcover copy in bright, colorful, unworn jacket. Children from around the world and from all denominations express their ideas through both words and art in answer to the question - If there were an Eleventh Commandment, what would it be?" 8-1/4 x 10-3/8"; 48 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1993. 1993 First Printing, with full printing line on copyright page. NEAR FINE hardcover. No jacket issued. Clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in reinforced library binding. Faint marginal toning to pages, text otherwise fine. Hardcover of color illustrated paper over boards is fresh, light rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. Generously illustrated with archival photographs and both B&W and color reproductions - well-written and appealing to readers pre-teen to adult. No jacket. 7-3/4 x 10-1/4"; 96 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued.

Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House, 2006. 2006 SIGNED Stated First Edition, First Printing. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Illustrator Barry Blitt "To Ellie - Best Wishes from Barry Blitt" - on title page. A delightful tale, written for youngsters but equally enjoyable for oldsters, of the misadventures of Beethoven and his many moves and legless pianos. Illustrated throughout with lively color artwork by the renowned artist and cartoonist, Barry Blitt. Blitt's work will be recognized by readers of "The New Yorker" magazine to which he has contributed over 100 cover illustrations.This is a fresh, clean copy, unmarked (other than Britt's inscription). Pages fine. Hardcover of color illustrated paper over boards (art matching jacket) is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket also clean and fine, price clipped from front flap. Binding firm, book square and straight. 10-1/4 x 10-1/4". 32 pages.. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. 1923 reprint. VERY GOOD. A clean, securely bound hardcover, the only marking is an owner and date (Xmas 1923) penciled on front free endpaper. Complete with 6 black and white illustration plates. Pages very good - clean with occasional light marginal spotting, a few corner creases. Bound in gray cloth hardcover with black and red pictorial stamping on front cover, black titling on spine. Stamping slightly faded, light edge rub and one small bump to bottom edge of front board. 4-1/2 x 7"; 119 text pages. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cady, Harrison.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2006. AUTHOR INSCRIBED 2006 Edition, printing unstated. FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact dust jacket. Boldly Inscribed by Cheryl Harness on first leaf, in beautiful big script "Cheryl Harness signed this book for Brandon. 2007". A fresh as-new copy. Pages clean and pristine; unmarked (other than inscription). Binding and hinges are tight; in a hardcover printed to resemble a leather and cloth binding and with an image of the Mayflower stamped in dark gray on front cover. Cover is fresh and unworn. Unclipped jacket is clean; no tears or chips, very slight edge-rub. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Generously illustrated with black & white line drawings by Harness. A well-written biography of Miles Standish - interesting to adults as well as young readers. An illustrated time-line runs along the bottom of many pages, informing readers of other significant events in North American history taking place during Standish's lifetime.… Read More

Random House Inc., 1937. 1937 First Edition with 1937 printed on title page. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD- price intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Superbly illustrated, including black and white line art as well as several full page color plates, and color cover art by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Light marginal toning and a few scattered small spottings to pages, otherwise pages are fine. Endpapers clean and unmarked but toned along hinges. Bound in hardcover of cloth printed with color illustration wrapping across full front and back, spine titled in gilt within dark green panel. Cover has light edge rubbing but is clean, bright and colorful. Unclipped jacket, printed in art matching cover, is clean with $3.50 price intact on front flap. The jacket is uncommon in any condition; this is clean and colorful though very edgeworn with several shallow chips and tears, most heavily worn at spine ends and flap corners. Jacket is in a new clear protector. Binding is firm; hinges intact, spine… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1982. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD+ price-intact jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in hardcover of cream-colored boards with red cloth spine. Dust jacket has some light surface rubs but is otherwise fine - no tears or chips, flaps unclipped. Jacket is in a clear protector. "A pleasure to read even if you never try to solve a single puzzle" says Martin Gardner in his Introduction. First editions of this quality are scarce. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2". x + 182 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Fitting, Greer.

New York: Little Simon/Simon & Schuster, 2003. Stated First Edition, and with full printing line. FINE. In original cellophane wrapper with slip sheet. A fresh, unmarked and firmly bound copy with all pop-ups complete, intact and pristine. 6 colorful and devilishly intricate double-spread pop-ups plus several small pop-ups hidden in narrow pages bound along foredges. There are also 3 "booklets" tucked in. Bound in color pictorial paper over board. Binding firm, no wear to cover. The book is colorfully illustrated in the style of John Tenniel and genius Robert Sabuda created and engineered the amazing pop-ups. 7-3/4 x 10-3/4". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Pop-Up.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 1988, First Edition, First Printing with full printing line, 1988 on title page. FINE in NEAR FINE, price-intact, dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fine. Hardcover of blue boards with red cloth spine lettered in blue, is clean with only faint edge rub. Dust jacket, clean, flaps not clipped, has light rubs to extremities, one tiny closed tear, short light scratch to back panel. It is in a clear archival protector. Binding strong, boards and spine straight. A beautifully illustrated alphabet book. 8-1/2 x 10-1/2"; 56 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Brunner-Strosser, Ruth.

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1990 First printing with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. Crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in yellow cloth hardcover. Slight rubbing to edges of jacket - no tears or chips. Binding and hinges tight. An "A to Z of food stories for children and their parents" delightfully illustrated in color by the author. 9-1/4 x 11-1/4"; . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Stanford and Swords, 1854 Scarce early edition. Other than "By a Mother" the author is not attributed. (It was Maria Elizabeth Budden.) Very Good, bound in brown cloth hardcover with blind embossed decoration to boards and gilt titled spine. The only marking is a neatly penned gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Pages are overall clean though the illustrated frontispiece with facing engraved title page are heavily foxed, as are the 3 other illustration plates and their facing pages. One leaf has a crease along thumb edge. Cover is clean, moderately worn along edges. Pale yellow endpapers lightly soiled. The binding is cocked though the hinges remain intact. The frontis illustration has started to detach though could be glued to stabilize. The 3-3/4 x 6"; 171 pages plus 4 publisher ad pages at rear.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940 1940, printing unstated. Very Good hardcover. A clean, unmarked and solidly bound copy in red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration front and spine. Cloth darkened along spine and gilt very dulled but cover remains clean and attractive.Pages clean and fine. Endpapers toned. Binding firm and straight, hinges strong. B/W illustrations by Robert Ball. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2"; x + 250 pages. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ball, Robert.

New York: Morrow Junior Books/William Morrow, 1991 1991 First Printing. NEAR FINE in FINE, unclipped, dust jacket. A fresh, clean, tightly bound copy. Small owner name penned on front pasted endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Pages fine. Hardcover of laminated printed paper over boards is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket clean and complete, price intact on front flap has slight bit of shelf rub but no tears, chips, creases, nicks dents or abrasions. Jacket is in clear archival protector. Bright red endpapers. Binding tight. A beautiful copy of Tom Paxton's retelling in verse of 10 fables, with highly imaginative color illustrations by Robert Rayevsky. A lovely collectible copy! 8-1/4 x 11-1/4"; 40 pages . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Rayevsky, Robert.

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., Publishers, 2004. 2004 First Edition, First Printing. FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact jacket. Delightful and delightfully illustrated collection of verses starring the wild creatures. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Pages fine. Cover of printed paper over boards is fresh and unworn. Unclipped jacket has very slight rubbing at corners but is otherwise fine. Binding firm, boards and spine straight, hinges tight. 8-3/4 x 10-3/4". 36 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Speirs, John. Slim 4o.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Philomel Books, 1983. 1983 Stated First Edition.NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price-clipped dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Pages crisp and clean. Hardcover binding with illustrated boards (matchin dust jacket) clean and unworn. Jacket has bit of edge rub, top of front flap clipped, otherwise fresh and fine. Color illustrations various American landscapes tell the story - no text. 9-1/2 x 9-7/8". 46 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York and London: W W Norton & Company, 2002. 2002 W.W. Norton. Stated First Edition, First Printing. FINE in FINE,unclipped, dust jacket. Crisp, clean with no markings of any kind, in sturdy, straight, binding, unclipped dust jacket. Pages, hardcover and jacket are "as new." Jacket is in a clear archival protector. A handsomely produced and thoroughly researched edition. 26 classic fairy tales edited and with an Introduction (and translations) by Maria Tatar. Generously illustrated with over 300 illustration reproductions interspersed through the stories, many in color. 2-color printing to differentiate annotations from text. Endpapers with leatherette printing and embossing. Hardcover of coral colored paper with leather grain embossing and violet foil stamping front and spine. A beauty. 8-1/2 x 10-1/4"; xxi + 445 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Thick 4to.

New York: Viking, 1997 1997 First Printing with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A fresh, crisp copy - clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Dust jacket is price-clipped and slightly rubbed along edges - no tears, chips or creases. All else fine. A Viking 'Easy-To-Read' book, Level 3 (ages 6-9). Author Betsy Bryars and artist Marc Simont continue the story of Ant and his brother (a follow up to "My Brother Ant") and the special kind of friendship two bothers can share. Color illustrations throughout. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"; 32 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Simont, Marc.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 2001 reissue of the 1952 winner of the Newbery Honor Medal. FINE in VERY GOOD price-intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Bound in hardcover of color illustrated paper over boards with glossy lamination (design matching the dust jacket). Jacket is clean and complete; slightly rubbed with one short closed tear from bottom edge. Newbery Honor Book silver decal affixed to the front of jacket. Beautifully rendered illustrations in color and black & white. 8 x 10-3/4". [iv] + 76 pages. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. 2004 Stated First Edition, First Printing. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages and hardcover pristine. Light rub mark to back of jacket, otherwise it is fine and is in a clear archival protector. A very imaginative work by author and illustrator Boedoe Geefwee - a Pixar and Walt Disney Studios animator whose opening title sequence for "Monsters Inc." drew rave reviews. With "Arrowville" kids will delight in finding all the 'pointed references' to arrows both graphically and verbally! 11 x 9-1/2". 40 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Boedoe, Geefwee.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1979. 1979 First Edition, Second Printing (printing line starts with 2). NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, in blue pen on copyright page, "For Lindsay Barad, With all best wishes, Shirley Glubeck." A clean otherwise unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fine. Orange cloth hardcover with "Pogo" illustration stamped on front cover, title stamped on spine, slightly toned along hinges, corners very lightly bumped. Jacket, featuring 'Little Orphan Annie' artwork on front, is clean and bright; front flap price-clipped, light surface and edge rubbing, small chip from rear spine fold. Binding firm, hinges tight, spine and boards straight. An entertaining, well-illustrated history of the comic strip - from Hogan's Alley to Hagar the Horrible. 10-1/4 x 10-1/4". 52 pages. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.