THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Rare first edition copy of this landmark picture book with an entirely intact dust jacket priced at $4.25 — i.e. not price clipped.
Rare first edition copy of this landmark picture book with an entirely intact dust jacket priced at $4.25 — i.e. not price clipped.
First printing of Tudor's first book, inscribed to her niece Sylvie Ann, the model and namesake of Sylvie Ann in the book, and accompanied by two letters describing the gift and receipt of the book by Tudor and Sylvie Ann's mother respectively.
Lovely first edition of the subversive Caldecott-award winner, in the rare original first-issue dust jacket.
Beautiful association copy of the limited 25th Anniversary edition, presented by Sendak to his dear friend James Marshall, with the special card containing an original signed pen-and-ink drawing of Max parading as a Wild Thing and an additional inscription to Marshall.
First printing of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
First trade edition of the first book by one of the giants of the Golden Age of Illustration, and of children's picture books.
First printing of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition, first state of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material.
First edition of Seuss's second book, a HORNBOOK review copy with their name stamped on the front endpaper.
First edition of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact.
First edition of Pène du Bois's notoriously scarce first book, about the ghost of a cow who is a little too sweet to scare people.
First edition of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material – one of a small group with jackets lacking a printed price, issued between the transition from the "200/200" of the first state and the "195/195" of the second.
First edition, first state of this spellbinding read-aloud masterpiece.
First printing of the first Curious George book, one of the most scarce and sought-after classic children's books.
First printing of the fifth book in the CURIOUS GEORGE series, which sees the beloved monkey engaging in kite and bunny-related mischief.
First printing of this beautifully designed picture book, evoking pleasant winter days in mid-century American towns.
First edition of Parrish's masterwork, an unusually nice copy.
Signed early printing of Seuss's second book.
First printing, in later printing dust jacket, with 3 Christmas cards from the Leaf family laid in.
First edition, first issue of this early Seuss title, a beautiful copy directly from the stock of Aleph-Bet Books, the firm of Seuss bibliographers Helen Younger and Marc Younger.
First edition, in the scarce original dust jacket, about a little Chinese duckling who lives on a houseboat in Peking.
First edition, first or second issue, of the story of what happens when an over-confident squirrel tries the patience of an owl.
First edition, rare deluxe issue, of this charming story about a humanized frog's efforts to catch fish for a dinner party.
First French-language edition (published during WWII in the US) of Jean de Brunhoff's final Babar title, in which Babar makes the long trip to enlist Father Christmas's help.
First edition, first issue of the story of PETER RABBIT's badly-behaved cousin, and the pair's quest to retrieve Peter's lost clothes.