SUKEY AND THE MERMAID
(1992)
Signed first printing of this folktale of South Carolina featuring help from a mermaid, winner of the Coretta Scott King award.
Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King Awards
THE SECRET RIVER
(1955)
Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor-winning work by the author of THE YEARLING, a magical realism tale of a young Black girl's efforts to feed her community during the Great Depression.
MY FRIEND RABBIT
(2002)
First printing of the 2003 winner of the Caldecott, with no medal on the original dust jacket.
ROLLER SKATES
1936
First printing of this early Newbery Medal-winning story of life in 1890's New York, following young Lucinda as she explores the city and deals with growing up and loss.
THE CHRISTMAS ANNA ANGEL
1949
Privately printed limited edition of the Caldecott Honor Christmas story, printed on fine paper with attractive typography and gorgeous illustrations by Seredy.
THE BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP
1988
First printing of this hilarious story about a clever but lazy young man who wants to marry the daughter of a rich merchant, and his even cleverer mother – winner of a 1989 Caldecott Honor.
MINTY: A STORY OF YOUNG HARRIET TUBMAN
(1996)
Signed first printing of this "touching, heartfelt portrayal" (jacket) of Harriet Tubman's childhood, and how what she learned as a little girl helped her as a hero of the Underground Railroad – winner of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award.
SCIENCE VERSE
(2004)
Signed first printing of this hilarious picture book about a boy with the curse of SCIENCE VERSE – he can see the poetry of science in everything, literally.
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES
(1992)
Signed first printing of this collection of off-kilter fairy tales that won a 1993 Caldecott Honor, with an original drawing of the titular STINKY CHEESE MAN.
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
(2007)
First printing of the stunning "novel in words and pictures," about the restoration of an antique automaton, and winner of the Caldecott Award.
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
(2007)
Signed first printing of the stunning "novel in words and pictures," about the restoration of an antique automaton, and winner of the Caldecott Award.
"HILLBILLY WILD THING"
1997
Limited edition signed print produced in honor of Sendak's visit to West Virginia in 1997, depicting a Wild Thing wearing a hillbilly hat and waving a lariat surrounding the word "BOO!"
IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
(1970)
Inscribed first printing of the dreamland bedtime adventure, with a sketch by Sendak of the protagonist Mickey dated in the year of publication.
OUTSIDE OVER THERE
(1981)
First UK edition, published the same year as the first US, of the Caldecott Honor Award winner.
OUTSIDE OVER THERE
(1981)
Signed first printing of this dreamlike Caldecott Honor-winning tale of baby kidnapping and a sisterly rescue – one of the inspirations for Jim Henson's LABYRINTH.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
1963
Lovely first edition of the subversive Caldecott-award winner, in the rare original first-issue dust jacket.
UPON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT
(1981)
First printing of this memoir of Hungarian Jewish childhood in the lead-up to WWII, detailing the author's family's forced move to a Ghetto and eventually to Auschwitz.
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
(1986)
First printing of the Moser-illustrated edition of this Newbery Award Winner, first published in 1958.
WHEN YOU REACH ME
(2009)
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning tale of time travel, mystery, and friendship in 1970s New York.
SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE
(1969)
First printing of the Caldecott Award-winning picture book called "a born classic" (Bader), quite hard to find in the first edition.
THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
1979
First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, a fine copy.
THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
1979
First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, with two tipped-in bookplates inscribed by him – the story of a boy's search for his dog in a mysterious and eerie garden.
JUMANJI
1981
First printing of Van Allsburg's most chaotic book, and winner of the Caldecott Medal.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
(1952)
Inscribed copy of the modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
(1952)
First printing of this modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage, a beautiful copy.
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