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Boulder: Tomi Co. (Roberts Rinehart), 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book, translated from the French. 9 by 11 inches. Full color throughout. First US edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title page.

New York: Clarion Books, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A charming wordless picture book about a boy who discovers a mysterious object washed up on the beach. Winner of the 2007 Caldecott Medal for best illustrated book. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket (with no mention of the Caldecott). Signed by Wiesner on the title page and dated 2008.

New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book about Mexico's great artist of the people. The author-artist was born in Mexico to American and Mexican parents; he attended high school and college in the US and now lives in Mexico. This book won the Tomás Rivera and Pura Belpré awards, among others. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Beach Lane Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book illustrated by the Dillons. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the Caldecott Award-winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated with reproductions of color paintings by Tenggren, a Swedish-American artist who remains best-known for his work on the Walt Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. One of the less-common Tenggren books in the first edition (it was reissued in 2003). A Giant Golden Book, 10-1/4 by 13 inches; 96 pages. First edition (code A 395395 on the front pastedown). A very good copy in laminated decorated paper-covered boards. The top of the spine is just beginning to crack, with loss of about one inch of the lamination at the top of the spine, and an early price sticker on the front pastedown. This copy has a previous owner's name on the blank opposite the title page; Tenggram signed the book below the name. Very uncommon signed.

New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A picture book about Mahatma Gandhi, co-written by his grandson and illustrated by Evan Turk. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a short tear at the spine. Inscribed, "Mary, Live as light" and signed by Gandhi, Hegedus, and Turk. Uncommon signed by all three.

New York: Clarion Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A full-color picture book. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the illustrator, "To Alison, love Jan Brett" and then signed by Eve Bunting, who adds the date, 1991. Uncommon signed.

New York: Michael di Capua Books and Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book by the author of The Phantom Tollbooth, illustrated by a Caldecott Award-winning illustrator. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper by both Juster and Raschka. Scarce signed by both.

Toronto and Berkeley: Groundwood Books and House of Anansi Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mayan tales as related by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchú to Guatemalan writer Dante Liano. Will color illustrations by Domi. 64 pages. First edition (no indication of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Menchú, "Para Ellis con mi amor. Rigoberta. 21 abril 2006." Scarce signed.

New York: Philomel Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The artist best-known for his pop-up books illustrates Walt Whitman's poem. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Sabuda on the title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. A picture book (semi-autobiographical) about a young girl whose aunt is about to become a naturalized US citizen. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). Corners bumped, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author and her daughter, the illustrator: "To dear Mary, Book joy! Pat Mora 2014" and "To Mary-Books are the best! Libby Martinez 2014.

New York: Harper Collins, 1984. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A new edition of the 1956 picture book written by Krauss and illustrated by Sendak with charming watercolors. First printing of the second edition? There is no statement of later printings on the colophon. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Sendak on the half-title. Uncommon signed.

New York & Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An historical chapter book about the founder of Methodism by May McNeer, illustrated by her husband Lynd Ward. 96 pages. With many full-page color illustrations. First edition (first printing, with an "A" on the copyright page and no indications of later printings). This is a very good copy in burgundy cloth, showing minor shelfwear. The jacket (correctly priced at $2.50) is missing a couple of shallow pieces along the top edge and at the corners, but is generally about very good. Signed by McNeer and Ward opposite the title page.

New York: Holiday House, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book retelling of the King Arthur legend by Margaret Hodges, with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyamn. Hyman won the Caldecott Medal for an earlier book collaboration with Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Hyman on the front free endpaper.

New York: Atheneum, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book about a spider, illustrated by James Brunsman. 31 pages. Printed in two colors, orange and black. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and the illustrator.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A continuation of the Little Toot series by the wife and daughter of the original author. First edition (stated first impression). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Nicely inscribed by Dorothea Gramatky and Linda Gramatky Smith.

New York: Hyperion, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Christmas installment in Wells's series of picture books about a West Highland White Terrier, illustrated by Jeffers. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both Wells and Jeffers on the title page.

New York: Ariel Books, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. An illustrated juvenile history of Mexico from the days of the Aztecs to the 1950s. Illustrated by Lynd Ward: "The drawings for this book were drawn directly on stone by the artist and the book was lithographed in four colors by George C. Miller." While this book was reprinted at least once, it remains quite uncommon, and it is a singular Ward title for being illustrated with actual stone lithographs. First edition (stated on the copyright page; later printings lack the words "first edition."). Quarter-bound in yellow cloth over a gray-green textured cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket missing a one-inch piece at the spine, including the word "the" of the title and with a surface scar at the base of the spine that removed the authors' names. The top edge has significant chipping. With the original $3.95 price (confirmed by checking newspaper reviews from November 1953, when the book was published), which was expensive for a… Leer más

New York: VIking, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first picture book featuring the dog named Mr. Lunch. This was one of the first children's books to be illustrated with digitally created art. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy but for very minor wear to the corners in a fine dust jacket. Signed on the title page by both authors, and uncommon thus.

New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A creation myth-inspired picture book. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author on the front free endpaper.