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Lovely first printing of one of Sendak's scarcest works, with a mid-century anti-racist message.
Lovely first printing of one of Sendak's scarcest works, with a mid-century anti-racist message.
First printing of the third installment of Uttley's long-running, gently satirical series of animal tales, in unusually lovely condition.
Rare double-sided panorama featuring Preston's characteristic wide-eyed children, introduced in rhyming verses.
Soviet children's book on the theme of international brotherhood, illustrated with bright color lithographs of parents and children from many nations.
First edition of this beautiful book of rhymes and simple stories for very young children, vividly illustrated in Attwell's characteristic style.
First printing of the fourth Eloise book — inscribed by beloved illustrator Hilary Knight — in which Eloise gets tired of caviar and fails to thaw the icy hearts of suspicious Muscovites.
First edition of Eloise's whirlwind tour of Paris (that's Paris, France) from promenading up the Champs-Elysées to St.-Germain for a salade niçoise, and on to M. Dior for an "absolutely chic" dress.
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
Scarce inscribed first edition of this lively rodent Western, written and illustrated by the sister of artist Wanda Gág.
Signed early printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career.
Signed later printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career.
Signed early printing of Tudor's charming illustrated counting book for young children, a Caldecott Honor book.
First printing of Newbery Medal winner Blos's adaptation of Margaret Wise Brown's "unconventional" 1951 autobiography for the Junior Book of Authors — illustrated and signed by artist Thomas Burt Allen.
Doubly inscribed first edition of this energetic rhyming ABC, full of vividly illustrated city-dwellers dressed in mercilessly depicted high mid-90s style.
Inscribed first edition of this educational picture book introducing children to sign language systems, semaphore, pictograms, international symbols, and other ways of communicating without the spoken word.
Scarce inscribed copy of this charming self-published picture book, illustrated by (presumably) the author in a striking style midway between Kate Greenaway and Henry Darger.
First printing of Mora's bilingual Spanish/English counting picture book, inscribed with an original drawing by illustrator Lavallee.
First printing of this wintertime picture book — inscribed by illustrator Lavallee with an original drawing of a snowman.
Signed first printing of Spinelli's modern classic, a rhyming bedtime story for young children.
First edition of this collection of Tudor's holiday-themed stories, first published as three separate books in 1941, 1950, and 1938.
First printing of Turner's nostalgic evocation of early American quilting, illustrated by noted bluegrass album cover artist Allen — signed by both the author and illustrator
First printing of Laden's fanciful animal fable starring two masters of modern art, inscribed by the author/illustrator with an original drawing of the main characters.
First edition of this collaboration between the noted children's poet and the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator, based on both artists' individual trips to China.
Signed first edition of this time-travel balloon adventure for the early grades, with an appended technical diagram and a Brief History of Hot Air Ballooning from the Montgolfier brothers to the present day.
Inscribed first printing of Houston's 1940s wartime children's story, affectingly illustrated by Lloyd Bloom.