Search Results: Children's and YA (Young Adult) from Astro Trader Books

[BARBARA WESTMAN]. THE BEARD AND THE BRAID DRAWINGS OF CAMBRIDGE. Barre Publishers, Barre, MA., 1970. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Boards are pristine with yellow endpapers and printed on quality watercolor paper. Dust jacket Condition: Very good with with faint tanning to covers, price-clipped, light soiling, chips to edges, two inch and two centimeter chips to upper left corner on rear cover, micro-tears to edges, light scuffs and minor creases to covers typical of vintage dust jackets of this age. Illustrated by Barbara Westman. Uncommon humor illustration book of 1970's Americana, collectible. 36 pgs. 4to.

[MARGARET STOHL, KAMI GARCIA]. BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS. Little Brown & Co., New York, 2010. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition stated with full number line. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight.DJ is unclipped and about fine. Signed by co-author Margaret Stohl on the title page. This is the second novel in the Caster Chronicles. Stohl is a comic book writer for Marvel Comics for the Marvel characters; Captain Marvel and The Avengers super-hero, The Black Widow ,both characters are also in Marvel's live action feature films. Classic YA fantasy and signed collectible. 503 pgs. 8vo.

[MARGARET STOHL, KAMI GARCIA]. BEAUTIFUL CHAOS. Little Brown & Co., New York, 2011. First Edition, Second printing. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight.DJ is unclipped and about fine. Signed by co-author Margaret Stohl on the title page. This is the third novel in the Caster Chronicles. Stohl is a comic book writer for Marvel Comics for the Marvel characters; Captain Marvel and The Avengers super-hero, The Black Widow ,both characters are also in Marvel's live action feature films. Classic YA fantasy and signed collectible. 528 pgs. 8vo.

[ROBERT GRAVES, MAURICE SENDAK]. THE BIG GREEN BOOK. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1985. First Edition reissue by this publisher. First printing with full number line. First Edition Thus. Appears unread, yellow endpapers, one-quarter yellow cloth with green paper covered boards, pages are very clean, bright and binding tight. Neat owners inscription on the first endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Price clipped, rubbing, closed tears to upper corner edges as expected for a vintage dust jacket of this age. Illustrated by Marie Sendak. Originally published in 1962 before Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" in 1963 today regarded as the artist's best known masterpiece.Classic 1960's children's fantasy book from a major illustrator, collectible. 62 pgs. 4to.

[AMY EPHRON]. THE CASTLE IN THE MIST. Philomel Books, New York, 2017. First Edition, First printing. Condition; Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Mild shelf wear and minor chip to lower left edge of front cover near spine typical of dust jackets, all else fine condition. A about fine copy. Not a BCE (Book Club Edition), not ex-library, not remainder marked and not a reprint. Not a facsimile and not a autopen autograph. A very uncommon inscription and signature by Amy Ephron on the title page. Amy Ephron comes from a family of writers and is the daughter of screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron who wrote the screenplay for Captain Newman M.D. (1963) which was nominated for an Oscar. Amy Ephron is author of "Cool Shades" (1984), "Biodegradable Soap" (1991), "A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917 " (2005), "Carnival Magic" (2018) and many other titles, this is the author's first YA book. Cover art by Jennifer Bricking. Classic YA fantasy, rare collectible. 192… Read More

[JULIA MARY GIBSON] COPPER MAGIC. Tom Doherty and Associates, New York, 2014. First Edition. Condition: Fine.Appears unread, with mild shelf wear pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on title page by author Julia Mary Gibson. YA children's novel and signed collectible. 331 pgs. 8vo.

[MAURICE SENDAK, WILHELM GRIMM]. DEAR MILI. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1988. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped with the original price of $16.95, faint edge wear, minor soiling to extremities otherwise about fine. A newly discovered tale by Wilhelm Grimm in 1983 and previously unpublished. Cover art and interior color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Classic first edition children's fantasy tale from a major illustrator, collectible. 40 pgs. Oblong 4to.

[RAFAELLO BUSONI]. DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1941. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition Near Fine / Very Good. Unclipped, neat owners inscription on first endpaper. Mild toning , micro-chips, closed micro-tears to edge extremities, some light soiling to rear cover, else a intact and near fine to very good copy of a WWII era dust jacket. Cover art and illustrations by Rafaela Busoni. Classic children book, collectible. 21 pgs. 4to.

[JAMES R. NEWTON]. FOREST LOG. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1980. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, one-quarter black cloth with grass green paper covered boards, dark olive green endpapers, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Price clipped with micro-chips to extremities and one centimeter closed tear and crease on lower left of cover typical of vintage dust jackets of this age. Scarce signed with inscription from author James R. Newton opposite title page. The author James R. Newton wrote several popular children's books and was a earth science teacher. Illustrated by Irene Brady. Scarce signed children's book, collectible. 26 pgs. 4to oblong.

[L. FRANK BAUM, RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON]. THE GIANT HORSE OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1928. First Edition, First printing. First State. Condition: G+. Appears lightly read, publisher's original dark brick-red cloth, illustrated endpapers, colors on plates are still vibrant, front/back hinges cracked though webbing is still attached to boards/text block, binding shaken, some offsetting opposite color plates due to age, some dampstains / soiling to extremities of pages / outer text block, rubbing to cloth board extremities typical of books of this age, else pages are generally very clean, unmarked and bright. Hinges can easily be repaired at a professional bookbinder. Near invisible previous owner's indent of pencil inscription completely erased on ownership page. All 12 color plates present. This is the very first printing of the first edition with all first edition points met; the letter "r" in morning on page 116 line 1 is not damaged, "Quiberon" is misspelled "Oniberon" on the frontispiece caption… Read More

[L. FRANK BAUM, RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON]. THE GNOME KING OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1927. First Edition. Condition: VG-. Appears lightly read, publisher's original light emerald-green cloth, illustrated endpapers, colors on plates are still vibrant, hinges starting / loose, binding shaken, light soiling, scuffs to covers, dog-ear creases / closed tear pages at bottom of gutter with closed tear at top of title page, rubbing to extremities typical of books of this age, else pages are clean, unmarked, bright and binding fragile. All 12 color plates present. The seventh book by author Ruth Plumly Thompson and the twenty-first book of the Wizard of Oz series originally created by L. Frank Baum. Cover art and 12 color interior plates with numerous B&W illustrations by John R. Neill. Classic fantasy children's book, highly collectible. 282 pgs. 4to.

[JOHN HABBERTON]. HELEN'S BABIES. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR WAYS INNOCENT, CRAFTY, ANGELIC, IMPISH, WITCHING, AND REPULSIVE. BY THEIR LATEST VICTIM. Loring, Publisher, Boston, 1876. First Edition, early printing. Condition: Good / Fair. In original green cloth, with the original Victorian decorative cloth covers, tooled illustrations and type, black and gilt type with gilt decorations on front cover, spine. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to endpapers with shelf wear, mild soiling to covers, rubbing to edge extremities, corners, spine ends, hinges starting, large chip to lower left of cover and tail of spine typical of vintage books of this age, a scarce book in any condition. Pages are generally clean and binding tight. Classic 19th Century fiction, rare collectible. 206 [6] pages 8vo.

[WALT KELLY]. THE INCOMPLEAT POGO. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1954. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition, First printing stated. First edition point of one dollar price on back panel. Condition: Very Good -. Appears unread, in original orange paper wrappers, very sunned spine with the words on spine title "The" and "Pogo" near completely faded, a few micro-nicks to covers, slightly spine cocked, creases to spine, micro-chips, micro closed tears to extremities, slight age toned pages mostly to edges, else pages are clean and binding tight. Overall in very good condition considering a near 70 year old book. Front, back cover art and illustrated through out by Walt Kelly. There are 27 chapters of comics with postface from author on the last pages. 191 pgs. Small 8vo.

[CORNELIA FUNKE]. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. INKHEART. Scholastic / Chicken House, New York, 2003. First U.S. Edition, First printing. True First Edition released 5 days before U.K. Edition. Full number line with "First American edition, October 2003" stated and '03' for 2003 in year release number line. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight with original publisher's black endpapers. Dust jacket is in gilt type, beautifully gilt decorated on cover, spine and corners with unclipped original price of $19.95 on inner flap. Micro-chips to extremities and mild rubbing to spine corners of jacket. Signed and inscribed by author Cornelia Funke. Books both signed and inscribed by Funke are rare. Not ex-library, not remainder marked, not a autopen and not a facsimile autograph. Neat owner's inscription to first endpaper. The motion picture based on the novel and with the same name was released in 2008 starring Brendan Fraser. Cover art by Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth.… Read More

[CORNELIA FUNKE]. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DRAWING. INKSPELL. Scholastic / The Chicken House, New York, 2005. First U.S. Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line published on October 1, 2005, 2 days before the U.K. Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are bright, clean and binding tight. With dark red-burgundy endpapers, beautifully decorated stamped illustrations and title on cover boards. Mild shelf wear to edges and mild rubbing to tail of spine and trivial soiling specks to page edges. Overall about fine with the original fine unclipped dust jacket protected in archival mylar collector dust jacket sleeve. Signed, inscribed with extremely rare hand drawing by Cornelia Funke on half-title. This book is the sequel and second book in the Inkheart series. The motion picture was based on the first Inkheart novel and with the same name released in 2008 starring actor Brendan Fraser. The last book from author Cornelia Funke of this trilogy is Inkdeath. Not a BCE… Read More

[L. FRANK BAUM]. JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1930 (1906). First Edition, Later printing. Condition: VG+. Appears barely read, publisher's original beige cloth, illustrated endpapers, one color frontispiece, no other color plates, front hinge starting, a touch of fraying, minor bumping to spine ends, soiling, scuffs to covers, rubbing to cloth board extremities typical of books of this age, else pages are clean, unmarked, bright and binding good. Cover art and one color frontispiece with numerous B&W illustrations by John R. Neill. Classic fantasy children's book, scarce collectible. 315 pgs. 4to.

[ALBERT FELDSTEIN]. LIKE MAD. Signet, New York, 1960. Fourteenth printing. Signet # S3491 with the original 60 cents price on front cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, light edge wear, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by Kelly Freas. Classic MAD humor vintage paperback collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON]. LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDING. L.C. Page & Company, Boston, 1907. First Edition, first impression stated. In original tan-grey cloth with illustrations on cover and spine, stamped in various colors of red, green, grey and white, tissue guard opposite frontispiece intact. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. With mild shelf wear, two centimeter closed tear to cloth near head of spine, light soiling to covers and outer edges of text block, hinge starting, minor rubbing to corners and extremities of cloth boards typical vintage books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are very clean, bright and binding tight. Not a reprint or Ex-library. Illustrations by Etheldred B. Barry. True First Edition of a classic children's book from the turn of the century, collectible. 318 pgs. 12mo.

[HERB MEADOW]. SIGNED BY HELEN GERSHEN. THE MAN WHO STOLE THE WORD BEAUTIFUL. Voyager Press, Beverly Hills, California, 1987. First Edition; Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is near pristine, not price clipped with the original $12.95 price on inner flap, with a very few trivial micro-tears to edge extremities typical of jackets of this age. Scarce children's book by screenwriter Herb Meadow who created and wrote the original screenplay of the hit TV western " Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957-1963). He also wrote many other TV shows and feature films including the screenplay for the 1953 movie "The Master of Ballantrae" and wrote the photoplay novel of the 1944 film "Uncertain Glory" both moviesstarring Errol Flynn. Signed & inscribed by hand in calligraphy by calligraphy artist Helen Gershen. Illustrated by Gerda With. Calligraphy by Helen Gershen. As of this writing, this is the only known signed copy of this title on the market… Read More

[BILLY FIRETHUNDER]. MOTHER MEADOWLARK AND BROTHER SNAKE. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, 1963. First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good+. Appears unread, in original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers, book store label on front pastedown, light rubbing to edge of tail of spine, slightly bowed front board otherwise pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket: Very Good+. Not price clipped with the original price of $1.95 on the first inner flap, a few one centimeter tears to front cover, a two centimeter closed tear to lower left of rear cover, micro-chips to extremities, else a near fine jacket protected in a professional collector Brodart mylar sleeve. Native American children's book, rare collectible. Unpaginated.