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.
Newbery
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN
1930
First printing of the winner of the 1931 Newbery Medal winner, an example of Lynd Ward's more delicate brush illustrations.
HITTY: Her First Hundred Years
1929
Inscribed first edition of this Newbery Award winner, in the original dust jacket.
TALES FROM SILVER LANDS
1924
First printing of "one of the first children's books to feature South American folktales from indigenous peoples" (Library of Congress) — inscribed by multiple-Pulitzer-winner Carl Sandburg, to whom the book is dedicated.
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.
LILY'S CROSSING
(1997)
Inscribed third printing of this Newbery Honor book.
M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT
(1974)
First printing of the first book by a Black author to win the Newbery Medal.
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.
DARK FRIGATE
(1923)
First edition of this Newbery Award-winning adventure story set on the high seas.
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.
EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE
(2001)
First edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor book.
BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED
(1950)
Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor, a set of nine biographical vignettes about the itinerant apple planter of US legend.
THE ANIMAL FAMILY
(1965)
Inscribed first printing of this Newbery Medal-winning story about a hunter, a mermaid, and the family they build on a deserted island.
THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY
(1996)
Signed first printing of this scarce Newbery Medal winner, the story of the intersecting lives of a quiz bowl team and their teacher.
A WRINKLE IN TIME
(1962)
First printing of the book that helped make science fiction stories for children mainstream, a beautiful copy.
THE FLEDGLING
(1980)
Inscribed first printing of this Newbery Honor book about a little girl who learns to fly with the help of a goose guide, with a charming original drawing of a goose by Jane Langton.
STRAWBERRY GIRL
(1945)
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning portrait of life in rural Florida, touching on the hardships of the poor residents of a small town and the ongoing conflict between farmers and ranchers.
THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE
1922
First US edition of the second Doctor Dolittle book, which finds our animal-conversant hero on a a number of ship-based adventures – winner of the second Newbery Medal ever presented.
THE HERO AND THE CROWN
(1985)
First printing of this fantasy novel with a dragon-slaying, sword-wielding, no-nonsense young woman protagonist, a Newbery Medal winner in sharp condition.
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
(1988)
First printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser – with autograph note from Virginia Hamilton laid in.
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
(1988)
Inscribed early printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser.
AN AMERICAN PLAGUE
(2003)
First edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor book about the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.
JACOB HAVE I LOVED
(1980)
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, in the first issue jacket (without the award sticker), a coming of age tale set on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
JACOB HAVE I LOVED
(1980)
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, warmly inscribed to fellow author Barbara Elleman.
