MADELINE
1939
First issue of the first Madeline book, a picture book about a girl's experiences at a Catholic boarding school in Paris.
Picture Book
THE BIKE LESSON
(1964)
The second book about the Berenstain Bears, illustrated in color by the authors.
GOODNIGHT MOON
1947
Early printing of the notoriously elusive bedtime classic.
LITTLE FUR FAMILY
1946
First edition of this experimental little book bound in actual rabbit fur, bound in imitation fur in later issues.
KATY AND THE BIG SNOW
1943
First printing of this beautifully designed picture book, evoking pleasant winter days in mid-century American towns.
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
1939
First printing of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
THE STORY OF BABAR
1933
First printing of the first edition in English of the first Babar book, reproducing the author's own color illustrations – an exceptionally nice copy.
DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
1937
First edition of the classic story of a young cat lover, an exceptionally nice copy.
THE STORY ABOUT PING
1933
First edition, in the scarce original dust jacket, about a little Chinese duckling who lives on a houseboat in Peking.
GUM-BLOSSOM BABIES
[1917]
A sweetly illustrated description of the comings and goings of the humanized GUM-BLOSSOM BABIES, and their friends the gum-nut babies.
UNDER THE WINDOW
[1878]
First edition, first issue, of the famous "designer picture book" (Brian Alderson).
THE SUNBONNET BABIES' BOOK
(1902)
First edition of the first book by a major publisher with the iconic Sunbonnet Babies and their coy hidden faces, quite scarce in this condition.
THE HEADLONG CAREER AND WOEFUL ENDING OF PRECOCIOUS PIGGY
1859
Rare first edition of the humorous and somewhat surreal tale of a posh humanized pig, his adventures in the city, and his eventual demise.
THE HEADLONG CAREER AND WOEFUL ENDING OF PRECOCIOUS PIGGY
1859
First American edition of the humorous and somewhat surreal tale of a posh humanized pig, his adventures in the city, published the same year as the London first.
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
1955
First printing of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact.
HAROLD AT THE NORTH POLE
1957, 1958
First printing of the fourth book in the Harold series of mid-century meta-picture books.
HAROLD'S ABC
1963
First printing of the seventh – and final – book in the Harold series of mid-century meta-picture books.
HAROLD'S CIRCUS
1959
First printing of the fifth book in the Harold series of mid-century meta-picture books.
HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE
1956
First printing of the second book in the Harold series of mid-century minimalist meta-picture books.
HAROLD'S TRIP TO THE SKY
1957
First printing of the third Harold book, in which Harold and his Purple Crayon explore the 1950s fascination with space and go to Mars, rare in such beautiful condition.
A PICTURE FOR HAROLD'S ROOM
(1960)
First printing of the sixth book in the Harold series of mid-century minimalist meta-picture books, the only one first published in this format, as an I Can Read Book.
THE SNOWY DAY
(1962)
First printing of this groundbreaking work, the first Caldecott award-winner celebrating a Black protagonist as the hero of the story, enjoying a beautiful winter day.
THE STORY OF FERDINAND
(1937)
First English edition of the pacifist children's classic, banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
THE STORY OF FERDINAND
1936
First printing of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
THE STORY OF FERDINAND
1936
First printing, in later printing dust jacket, with 3 Christmas cards from the Leaf family laid in.
