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.
20th century
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.
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN
1930
First printing of this Newbery Award winner, featuring striking illustrations by Ward.
CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX
(1958)
Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer, a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner.
HITTY: Her First Hundred Years
1929
Inscribed first edition of this Newbery Award winner, in the original dust jacket.
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.
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 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.
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).
AN AMERICAN PLAGUE
(2003)
First edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor book about the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.
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.
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.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
[1974]
Inscribed later printing of the Caldecott-Award winner, inscribed by Sendak with a 4.5'' original ink drawing of a wild thing, dated 1975.
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
(1986)
First printing of the Moser-illustrated edition of this Newbery Award Winner, first published in 1958.
THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
1979
First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, a fine copy.
JUMANJI
1981
First printing of Van Allsburg's most chaotic book, and winner of the Caldecott Medal.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
(1952)
First edition of the modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
(1952)
Inscribed copy of the modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage.
SECTOR 7
(1999)
First printing of this Caldecott Honor book, a wordless picture book in which a cloud takes a boy on a magical trip to Sector 7, where he learns how clouds are shaped and channeled.
