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1994. The finished painting used to illustrate the first page of Sandra Cisneros's picture book, Hairs / Pelitos, based on a short chapter of The House on Mango Street. This image accompanies the text, "Everybody in our family has different hair," and sets the tone of the book with family members depicted with fanciful skin tones from green to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Viking, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author-illustrator on the title page.

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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A children's picture-book about the late, great tennis player and his six-year-old daughter, written by his wife. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs showing their father-daughter relationship. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed on… Saber más sobre este artículo

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: Philomel Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of the most beloved of children's picture books, Tenth printing of the revised (1987) edition. A fine copy (one corner bumped) in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Carle in ball-point pen on 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A picture-book biography of the first US president by a husband-and-wife writing team. 40 pages. Illustrated on most pages, about half in color. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). An attractive copy, with minor wear at the spine ends of the book and… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.

San Diego: Harcourt, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book, illustrated in full color. First edition (first printing with a line of letters beginning with A). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Hyman in the year of publication.

New York: Ariel Books, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A short childrens books illustrated by Lynd Ward and written by his daughter. 6-1/4 by 8 inches. Illustrated in black and white and in color. First edition (stated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket, priced at $1.75. Old previous owner's ink… Saber más sobre este artículo

Atlanta: Peach Tree, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture-book biography of the first formerly enslaved American poet. Winner of the Ezra Keats Book Award. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed, "For Bryce. Love words. Don Tate." Scarce signed.

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Michael Di Capua Books / Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book adapted by Kushner (Angels in America) from the opera libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed on the title page by both Sendak and Kushner. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An anthology of poems selected and illustrated by Tasha Tudor, with verse from Mother Goose, Robert Frost, Shakespeare, Edward Lear, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson. With color section divider illustrations and black-and-white illustrations of the individual poems. Overmann, Tasha Tudor 1998… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper Collins, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A posthumously published illustrated story by Marshall about a porcine opera, Swine Lake, and a hungry wolf so taken with the production that he forgets that he intended to eat one of the pig actors. Illustrated by Sendak. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Atlanta: Peach Tree, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A picture-book biography of the first formerly enslaved American poet. Winner of the Ezra Keats Book Award. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed, "To: Mary. Love words. Don Tate." Scarce signed.

New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book, winner of many awards, including the Pura Belpré, Tomás Rivera, Jane Addams, and the Américas award. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo