Search Results: Juvenile Poetry

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1986 Pictorial softcover with small tear at top of spine, pencil & pen notations on a number of pages. A selection of poems from 7 of Walcott's collections. Received the 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry. Walcott received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Derek Walcott (Cover Art). Thick 8vo.

New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow, 1998 Hard cover with gift inscription to half-title, one page with a corner bend; dust jacket with a faint crease to front panel, original price intact ($18.00). Lovely color artwork to accompany Stevenson's classic verse.. First Printing Thus. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Diane Goode. Small Thick 4to..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991 Mustard boards with green cloth spine, corners bumped; dust jacket with light creasing around edges, slightly age-toned, original price intact ($24.95). A detailed biography of famed poet, Anne Sexton.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, dust jacket with light edge wear, slightly sunned spine. Adorable color artwork to accompany familiar Mother Goose Rhymes. . First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Square 4to.

New York: Dutton, 2005 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. A lively poem about one morning in the life of a milkman. 1940s style artwork is wonderful.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Douglas B. Jones. 4to.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1989 Cloth backed boards, small dent at top edge; in color illustrated dust jacket with small edge tears. The story of Irish wisewoman Biddy Early told in poetry by Willard and illustrated with breathtaking watercolors by Barry Moser.. First Edition First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Barry Moser. 4to.

San Diego: Bruccoli Clark Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1986). Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. A fantastical poem in four parts with stunningly detailed artwork by Watson.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York: Sterling, 2005 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. A poem about a little boy who wants to be an artist and dreams of a certain shade of blue every night so goes on a journey to find it. Stunning color artwork. Prix Saint-Exupery 2004.. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Square 4to.

New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2007 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. A selection of counting Mother Goose rhymes with playful color artwork. Received starred reviews from PW and Horn Book.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Oblong 4to.

Garden City: Doubleday (1970). Pictorial boards with light shelf wear; matching dust jacket is age-toned, closed tears, wear and tape mends. Poetry accompanied by beautiful illustrations from watercolors.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by James Barkley. Small Oblong 4to.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1992 Hard cover, gift inscription on verso of FFEP; dust jacket price-clipped with faint drawing on verso. A British ballad reimagined in an American setting. Illustrated from marvelous watercolor by Barry Moser.. First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. A cumulative tale about all that goes into the baking of an apple pie. Beautiful, graphically interesting artwork. Received a starred review from Booklist. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Small Square 4to.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2005 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. City poems with colorful artwork on every page.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1924 Pictorial boards, corners worn through, cracking along spine, one page with mended tear, gift inscription. Mother Goose rhymes with artwork taken from The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright.. Early Edition. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright. 12mo.

New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1988 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket which is very slightly age-toned. A lullaby from Norway with really lovely color artwork throughout.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Margot Tomes. Oblong 4to.

New York: Stonehill (1973).Green paper over boards, light wear to corners, illustrated dust jacket with light edge wear. A collection of fantasy stories and poetry by authors such as Christina Rossetti, John Ruskin, George MacDonald, Tom Hood, Mrs. Clifford, Mark Lemon and Mary de Morgan. Illustrated with reproductions of Victorian fantasy and fairy tale art.. Stated First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970 Hard cover, foxing to edge of text block; dust jacket with foxing to verso, light wear, original price intact ($4.95). Poems by 68 children ranging in age from 6 to 11 years old.. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1981 Hard cover, previous owner's name on endpaper, foxing to endpapers and occasionally throughout; dust jacket foxed on verso, light wear along edges, no printed price on jacket. As the moon traverses the sky it observes the activities of an Indian tribe. Illustrated with color photographs.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Marcia Keegan (Photographer). Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Macmillan (1969). Reinforced pictorial binding (library binding but NOT ex-library), "Not for Resale" stamped on endpaper, mostly likely a publisher's or review copy; matching dust jacket with edge tears repaired on verso. An old German poem with a new translation. Color woodcuts by Hogrogian.. Stated First Printing. Very Good/Good. Oblong 8vo.

New York: Macmillan (1975). Hard cover in dust jacket with surface rubbing, inner front flap creased. Poems and short prose featuring toads in metaphor and allegory. Arresting b&w artwork.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Sebastian Fleuret. 8vo.