MADELINE'S RESCUE
1953
First printing of the Caldecott award-winning Madeline book, in which a dog saves the day – an unusually nice copy, rare in this condition.
Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King Awards
Original art from THE GOLDEN BASKET
[No later than 1936]
Original watercolor used in the Newbery Honor book, published in 1936 by Viking, with the first appearance of the famous Madeline.
STORY OF THE NEGRO
1948
First printing of the first children's book by an African American to become a Newbery Honor Book.
RAPUNZEL
(1997)
First printing of the Caldecott Award winner, featuring magnificent color illustrations by Zelinsky. Caldecott award winner.
MILLIONS OF CATS
1928
First edition, first issue of the Newbery honor picture book, the perfect blend of minimal text and expressive illustrations – scarce in the first issue.
MILLIONS OF CATS
1928
Signed limited first edition, with the original additional wood engraving signed by Gág.
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
(1972)
First printing of the Newbery award-winner, about a 13-year-old Inuit girl lost on the tundra.
THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS
(2003)
First printing of the Caldecott award winner, about French aerialist Philippe Petit's tightrope walk across the two towers of the former World Trade Center in New York City.
LILY'S CROSSING
(1997)
Inscribed third printing of this Newbery Honor book.
THE BIG SNOW
1948
Inscribed second printing of the first edition of this Caldecott Award winner – with an original watercolor and inscribed to Marian Young, a prominent librarian and member of the Caldecott Award selection committee.
M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT
(1974)
First printing of the first book by a Black author to win the Newbery Medal, an exceptional copy.
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: American Black Folktales
(1985)
Inscribed first printing of the Coretta Scott King Award winner, signed by Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon, and with advance review materials laid in.
SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH
(1982)
First printing of the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King award-winner, with jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon.
MINN OF THE MISSISSIPPI
1951
First printing of the Newbery Honor book about a turtle's travels from the headwater of the Mississippi River to the Gulf, part of Holling's acclaimed series of geo-historical books.
THE ANIMAL FAMILY
(1965)
First edition of this Newbery Honor book.
THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW
(1929)
Signed early printing of the Newbery Award winner, set in fifteenth century Krakow and illustrated by native Polish artist Angela Pruszynska with. A Newbery Award Winner. This copy is signed by Eric Kelly.
FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
1967
First printing of the Newbery Award winner.
NUMBER THE STARS
1989
First printing of the Newbery Award winner, the story of the Danish Resistance during World War I – "one of the best literary introductions to the Holocaust for children" (Marjorie Ingall).
ONE MORNING IN MAINE
1952
First edition of this wonderful Caldecott Honor Book, illustrated on every page with McCloskey's eye for detail; nice copies in jacket remain difficult to find.
ARROW TO THE SUN: A Pueblo Indian Tale
(1974)
Inscribed third printing of the Caldecott winner, this copy inscribed by white author and filmmaker McDermott to Marian Young, a prominent librarian and member of the Caldecott Award Selection Committee.
AN AMERICAN PLAGUE
(2003)
First edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor book about the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.
MY FRIEND RABBIT
(2002)
First printing of the 2003 winner of the Caldecott, with no medal on the original dust jacket.
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.
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.
