Genre & Subject / Children from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2006. x, 236 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "American ABC", held at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, February 1 to May 7, 2006; Smithsonian American… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Press, 2004. 96 pages, 61 colour illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Taking the position that lost and abandoned toys retain repressed memories of prepubescent trauma and the deep-seated guilt associated with the playing of forbidden games, the photographic team of Davis & Davis have created staged images of mini-psychodramas using forlorn toys… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2014. 308 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Her image appeared in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily; she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006. Cloth, 263 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The images of children that abound in Western art do not simply mirror reality; they are imaginative constructs, representing childhood as a special stage of human life, or emblematic of the human condition… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1984. 45 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Text copyright 1954 by New Directions. First published in hardcover in the United States by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., in 1980; originally published in Great Britain by J. M. Dent & Sons Limited in 1978. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First thus.… Read more about this item

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. xi, 164 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Frontier Children combines a wide ranging historical description with a stunning collection of images. The subjects are characters who have been neglected in the standard treatment of the frontier West." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Foreword by Elliott West; An infinite variety: childhood on… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1972. Cloth, 343 pages, 191 pages of plates (some folded), illustrations (some colour); 28 x 30 cm. Photographs by H. Landshoff. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated with antique & collectible dolls.. 1st.. Hardcover. Very… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Otis College of Art and Design, 1995. 54 pages, illustrations (some coloru); 22 x 24 cm. Exhibition held at the Otis Gallery, 18 November, 1995 to 27 January, 1996 and at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., November 24 tio December 29, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Oblong. Collectible.

Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, 1920. Pictorial boards, [88] pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Light edgewear to boards. Age toning, light soiling. Charming illustrations by Gertrude Alice Kay. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2000. 24 leaves of plates, all colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. A collection of 36 decorative frames adapted from Victorian chronolithographs and accompanied by a selection of coordinating motifs.. Paperback. Fine. Folio.… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1978. v, 119 pages, chiefly illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. Engravings originally published in 1884-99 in The Chatterbox and in 1874 in the British workwoman. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2005. 182 pages, colour illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollock, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. Pictorial boards, [32] pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. SIGNED by author Audrey Wood and illustrator Don Wood on the front free endpaper, accompanied by a sketch. Missing sound cassette. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Children will delight… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2006. x, 236 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "American ABC", held at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, February 1 to May 7, 2006; Smithsonian American… Read more about this item

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2009. 192 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. With Illustrations by Willy Pogany. "Famed for his illustrations of such classics as Rime of the Ancient Mariner and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Willy Pogany created striking drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1929. This splendid edition features numerous black-and-white images that offer a… Read more about this item

Wichita, KS: Ulrich Museum of Art, 2003. 111 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Exhibition held October 26 through December 24, 2003. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "'Not So Cute & Cuddly' focuses on a trend by contemporary artists to appropriate and transform objects from childhood to explore not only the darker side of youth but also address a host of… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Pemberton & Oakes, 1984. Cloth, 103 pages, colour illustrations, portrait; 31 cm. Near-fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tail corners bumped. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 4to.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2012. 160 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 20 cm. Original edition first published by William and Northgate Ltd., London, 1947. Tight, clean copy. First edition thus. Fine DJ. A collection of rhymes and riddles traditionally passed on orally from child to child. CONTENTS: Introduction; Beginning of term; "Esau" and other dramas; Characters; Nonsense; Insults; Retaliation; Reality; Graces;… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. Pictorial boards, 143 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "For over 30 years, Dilys Evans has been deeply involved in the fine art of children's book illustration. In 1980 she founded The Original Art, an annual exhibition in New York featuring the best… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1991. 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Light edgewear to boards, half-title page lightly soiled. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Pregnancy; Giving birth; Nursing; By the cradle; Mother's lap; Close bonds; First steps; Mothers at work; Mothers and children at… Read more about this item