Search Results: Notable Illustrators from Sparkle Books

U.K.: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1987 I Had Only Heard Of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Due To My Child Welfare Days, But It Turns Out There Really Was A Baron Munchausen Who Told Impossible Stories About Himself And Was The Subject Of Rudolf Raspe's Book. A British Doctor Borrowed The Name To Describe The Original Syndrome In 1951. Meanwhile, John Carswell Revived And Edited The First English Version. The Illustrations By Ronald Searle Are "Absurdly And Convincingly Real" (Times Literary Supplement). This Copy, A First Thus Edition, May Well Be Unread, But It Does Have Some Flaws, Including Some Light Creasing And Both A Price Tag Pull And A Pinhead Size Hole To The Front Cover. This Moderately Thick Quarto Will Probably Incur Shipping Charges Close To Twenty Dollars Canadian.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976 This Is A 1976 Collection Of Three John Burningham Stories. First Edition. Glossy Boards In Very Good - Condition Which Have Been Used As A Writing Surface. Slight Rub To Corners And Spine Ends. No Writing Or Ownership Marks. Superb Illustrations In Black And White And Colour.

Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.: Macmillan General Reference, 1997 This Is One Of A Series Of Three, Actual Volume Not Indicated. The Age Of Chivalry Is The Section On King Arthur, Illustrated By Artist-Archeologist Giovanni Caselli. Includes The Original Text By Bullfinch And Index. No Writing Or Marks. Appears Unread, No Reading Creases, Loer Front Corner Is Rubbed. Stated First Printing Of The 1997 Macmillan Edition.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1990 Caldecott Honor Book for 1956 and on the New York Times Best Seller list. This soft cover version, in VG minus condition, has bent corners and a bit of scribbling on title page and back cover. It is from the 1990 first printing of the Bantam issue. Both author and illustrator are cherished by children and collectors.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956 Early Anatole book, the first in the series about the French cheese-tasting mouse, this one being a rare Book Club Edition that is also ex-library! It also has used book seller's stamp on the title page. Not a combination you'll see every day. And a library that used that awful strapping tape, at that! Both dust jacket and book are actually in quite good condition, but there are tape stains and pulls on the boards and there is a piece cut out of the ffep. Clean crisp interior, unmarked once you get past the title page. Unclipped DJ (surprise!) has protective laminate stuck to the paper.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Co., 1930 This is an ex-school library book which does not appear to have been touched by anyone but librarians (perhaps Conan the Librarian, but still. ). It is a 29th printing of the 1930 edition, looks like circa 1977. Dust jacket is unclipped and shows a stickon price of $4.95 (probably 3.95 in the U.S.:-( Slight rub to book corners else like new except for what the librarians did: wrote TASC [special ed program] on the dust jacket with a big black felt, put small label on spine over the foil Doubleday Reinforced Library Edition sticker, used a laminating cover, taped the jacket to the boards, but with inferior tape which came off without leaving a mark. On the ffep of the book, they big black felted TASC again. On the first page, they used a stamp and blue pen and white out. On the first free back page: Glued Date Due sheet and stamped it twice (first date illegible, second Nov 1 1978). Glued envelope which has typing, stamp, pen and whiteout. wrote… Read More

U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1982 Near Fine First Edition Of This 1982 Children's Book Illustrated By Newbery Medalist William Pene Du Bois. Appears Unread, No Writing Or Marks. Navy Boards With Bright Green End Papers, Gilt Lettering And Crumpled Rear Lower Corner. Unclipped Dust Jacket Shows Original Price Of $8.95, Light Wear, Small Edge Stain And Small Vee Missing From Upper Rear Panel, Front Side Panel Is Creased. The Title Character Is A Little Girl Witch Who Likes To Play Pass-The-Toadstool And Skipsnake With Her Friends, But Has Trouble Learning Her Witch Skills And Lore.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1991 An interesting edition of Beauty and the Beast crafted by Charles Moore, architect and educator. Mauve linen boards with textured lettering and beast motif on front board, gilt lettering on spine, scalloped dust jacket edges, decorative endpapers. Apparent first. The architect's eye is very apparent in the water colours of fanstastic buildings and vistas. Near fine in Very Good ++ dj, a few dents/rubs to dj. No writing or marks, good corners and binding. near new condition

Uk: Oxford University Press, 1982 This Is The 1982 Oxford University Press Printing, Apparent First. Some Impressions On Back Cover From Being Used As A Writing Surface, Light Wear. Very Good. No Ownership Marks. Dark Blue Endpapers. A Very Funny Book!

New York: Scholastic, 1967 March 1967 first scholastic prnting of this touching book by Glen Rounds, who has written and illustrated many first quality folk and animal books. The Blind Colt is one of 11 titles in the ''Whitey'' series, about a young cowboy and his cousin, published from 1941 to 1963. Towards the end of his life, Rounds taught himself to draw with his left hand because arthritis had crippled his right. Washday on Noah's Ark : a story of Noah's Ark according to Glen Rounds, is one of these (available from Sparkle Books). Fos on FFep and somwhat age toned pages, crease to back cover and a few back pages.

U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1976 Very Good First Edition Oxford University Press 1976 In Good+ Dust Jacket, Unclipped With Wrap Around Art and map endpapers By Charles Keeping. Jacket In Mylar, One tear Three Inches At Back Of Spine, Second Upper Front Panel, Two Inches Long. Small Pull To Front Panel. Book Has clean bright and sound Red Boards With Silver Lettering and a small; Splash To Spine. Interior Has No Ownership Marks, Shows small Stains At End Papers. Still A Nice Looking Book, Combining The Work Of Two Outstanding Figures In The Field.

Chicago: Childrens Press, 1978 Very Good Minuscopy Of This Rare Children's Press Book, No Dj If Issued. This Is An Ex-School Library Book And Has Two Stamps As Evidence Of That On Ffep. There Is Also A Gift Inscription On The Inside Cover And A Light Crease To The Upper First Three Pages (Possibly A Production Flaw). Some Light Wear To Board Corners. Interior Is Crisp, Clean And Shows Little Evidence Of Use. Illustrator Ann Elizabeth Baxter Nee Toulmin-Rothe (1946-1997) Was A Studio 2 Artist In Westport, New York. One Of The Artists Featured In Six Artists Paint A Portrait (1974) And Is Frequently Mentioned As A Mentor By Younger Artists.

New York: Playmore, 1978 There Is No Date Or Isbn On This Playmore Reprint Of The Original Dean Books: Abc Applie Pie, Abc Nursery Rhymes, Nursery Rhymes Old And New And The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (176 Pages). Rated Vg Minus. There Is Some Soiling And Staining To The Pale Blue Boards And The Lower Outer Corner Is Heavily Rubbed. There Is No Writing Or Marks And The Interior Is Very Bright And Fresh. It Is Illustrated By The Grahame-Johnstone Twins, Anne And Janet, Who With Their Combined Interests In Animals And Costume Charmed Decades Of Readers With Their Beautiful Pictures.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1981 Scarce 1981 Second Edition Farrar, Strauss And Giroux Of M.B. Goffstein's Third Book. In The 90'S Goffstein Decided To Stop Publishing As She Was Unhappy With The State Of Children's Books At That Time And Mourned The Loss Of The "Spirit Of Adventure, High-Mindedness, And Willingness To Take Risks." According To Washington Post Reviewer Maggie Stern," Like Porcelain, There Is More To Her Work Than Meets The Eye. Beneath The Delicacy And Fragility Is A Core Of Astounding Strength." This Is A Library Discard In Fair Condition With Dust Jacket And The Usual Library Markings. One Page Has A Small Stain And Another Has A Bit Of Green Watercolor In The Margin. Pink Boards With Half Green Cloth And Gilt Lettering In A Green And White Clipped Dust Jacket.

New York: Watts, 1971 Very Nice 1971 First U.S. Copy Sans Dj But Otherwise Near Flawless. Very Light Wear To Boards, Unmarked Crisp And Clean Interior. Great Watercolors By Januz Grabianski.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holiday House, 1985 Winner Of The California Young Reader's Medal, This Is Weekly Reader/Holiday House Collaboration In Near Fine Condition. Very Slight Rub To Extremities. Pages Are Toning. Illustrations Are By The Late Trina Schart Hyman, Award Winning Illustrator.

Prague: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1969 This Is A 1969 Copy Of This Czech Folktale Collection In Very Good Condition In A Fair Dust Jacket Which Is Quite Ragged. It Is Illustrated By Josef Lada And Has Numerous Full Page Colour Plates And Decorative Endpapers. Note It Is In The Original Czech Language

New York & Evanston: Harper & Row, 1952 ?1960's Reprint of the 1952 original. publisher is Harper & Row, no ISBN number, red titles on spine, pictorial boards covered by dust jacket with same art work, clipped corners, no letters on copyright page, 184 pages, no preceding Roman numeral pages, blue and white spiderweb endpapers of which the front free page has been removed. Four reviews on dj back panel. No writing. Some soiling to jacket plus 1/2 inch tear upper back panel, bumped corners,some edgewear, clean tight pages. One of the best loved children's books of all time which will bring a little tear to your eye!

U.S.A.: Essandess Special Edition, 1969 This Is A Book Along The Lines Of "Kids Say The Darndest Things," Published In 1969 By Essandess Special Editions. Second Printing In Very Good Plus Condition, Safe Remainder Mark And Illustrated By Much Loved Hilde Hoffman, Whose Work Was Often Seen In Little Golden Books.

Avenel, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Children's Classics, 1985 1985 Edition, Later Printing, 119 Pages, Illustrated By Jessie Wilcox Smith In Colour And Black And White.Vg+ In Like Jacket. There Is A Line Of Ink About Three Inches Long Down The Hinge On Ffep, Otherwise No Writing Or Marks And Appears Unread. One Of The Colour Plates Is 'The Land Of Counterpane.' I Had As A Child A Much Less Luxurious Edition, But With A Similar Picture, And I Was Told That Robert Louis Stevenson Had Been Ill A Great Deal As A Child (Of Tuberculosis?) And That When He Grew Up He Wrote This Book For Other Little Children Who Had To Spend A Lot Of Time In Bed. I Always Believed That The Little Boy In Bed In The Picture Was Rls, And I Think I Knew That He Didn't Live Very Long (Our Family Was Much Enamoured Of Melodrama!). Checking It Out On Wikipedia, I See That All Of This Was More Or Less Correct, Although It Is Now Believed That He Suffered From Something Other Than Tuberculosis. In 1894, The Year Of His Death,… Read More