CATALOGS
Our most recent catalogs are comprised of books that come from a single collection we purchased a few years ago. We hand selected the best books from the collection to feature in our catalogs and donated the rest to local charities and libraries: nearly 3000 books donated last year!
Our most recent catalogs are comprised of books that come from a single collection we purchased a few years ago. We hand selected the best books from the collection to feature in our catalogs and donated the rest to local charities and libraries: nearly 3000 books donated last year!
This is a shorter catalog than normal with just over 100 books including some lovely alphabet books, a number of Caldecott Award and Honor titles, including The Undefeated which also received a Newbery Honor. Of special note is a boxed edition of Johnny Gruelle's Magical Land of Noom; a first edition of Beatrix Potter's Ginger & Pickles and an unused Painting & Drawing Book with the Tale of Peter Rabbit. I am happy to offer a lovely first edition of the groundbreaking, Stonewall Award Winning, Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love; it's a gorgeous book. I am also offering a number of relatively recent titles culled from my personal collection because I found a few duplicates and also, I need to make room!
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Catalog 67 is Now Available
The format for Catalog 67 is a little different than what we've done in the past. We begin this catalog with 37 Featured Items, including New Arrivals and selections from our inventory. This is followed by 126 New Arrivals and selections from our inventory, all under $200. Lastly we have listed about 150 books priced at $10. Among our Featured items you will find a first American edition of Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks; Stand-Ups from Alice in Wonderland a fabulous, unused book of punch-out paper figures of the characters from Lewis Carroll's masterpiece; an awesome salesman sample which includes Palmer Cox's Brownie ABC as well as other titles some with color chromolithographs; a rare Edwin Willard Deming illustrated title, Four-Footed Willderness People; the rare and fabulous Little Machinery picture book by Mary Liddell; and lastly Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand, SIGNED by Dare Wright! Of course there is much more, including some uncommon Caldecott Medal & Honor titles, Newbery Medal winners and honors, early printings of Nutshell Library sets...browse and enjoy!
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The format for Catalog 67 is a little different than what we've done in the past. We begin this catalog with 37 Featured Items, including New Arrivals and selections from our inventory. This is followed by 126 New Arrivals and selections from our inventory, all under $200. Lastly we have listed about 150 books priced at $10. Among our Featured items you will find a first American edition of Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks; Stand-Ups from Alice in Wonderland a fabulous, unused book of punch-out paper figures of the characters from Lewis Carroll's masterpiece; an awesome salesman sample which includes Palmer Cox's Brownie ABC as well as other titles some with color chromolithographs; a rare Edwin Willard Deming illustrated title, Four-Footed Willderness People; the rare and fabulous Little Machinery picture book by Mary Liddell; and lastly Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand, SIGNED by Dare Wright! Of course there is much more, including some uncommon Caldecott Medal & Honor titles, Newbery Medal winners and honors, early printings of Nutshell Library sets...browse and enjoy!
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Catalog 66 is Now Available
Catalog 66 is a combination of many New Arrivals as well as select items from our inventory. We found two illustrated books that we're especially excited about: A 1920 edition of The Dream-Pedlar illustrated with gorgeous color plates by Florence Anderson, and the first edition of Harry Clarke's illustrated edition of Fairy Tales from Perrault. A gorgeous copy of Lewis Carroll's Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Peter Newell, in dust jacket, landed on our doorstep. I had never seen Romney Gay's Box of Books before, but we stumbled upon one this summer and now we're offering it to you. Two early British books made their way to us from York, published by Kendrew in the early 1800s, Cinderilla [sic] and Little Tom Tucker. We were happy to pick up a rare Russian-language fantasy illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. A gorgeous shape book awaits you, titled Frolicsome Frogs. As always we are pleased to offer Caldecott Medal and Honor books and Newbery Award Winning and Honor books, classic juvenile literature, picture books and educational books. Enjoy!
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Catalog 66 is a combination of many New Arrivals as well as select items from our inventory. We found two illustrated books that we're especially excited about: A 1920 edition of The Dream-Pedlar illustrated with gorgeous color plates by Florence Anderson, and the first edition of Harry Clarke's illustrated edition of Fairy Tales from Perrault. A gorgeous copy of Lewis Carroll's Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Peter Newell, in dust jacket, landed on our doorstep. I had never seen Romney Gay's Box of Books before, but we stumbled upon one this summer and now we're offering it to you. Two early British books made their way to us from York, published by Kendrew in the early 1800s, Cinderilla [sic] and Little Tom Tucker. We were happy to pick up a rare Russian-language fantasy illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. A gorgeous shape book awaits you, titled Frolicsome Frogs. As always we are pleased to offer Caldecott Medal and Honor books and Newbery Award Winning and Honor books, classic juvenile literature, picture books and educational books. Enjoy!
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Catalog 65
ALL NEW ARRIVALS await you in Catalog 65. We acquired a few scarce Ludwig Bemelmans titles: Rosebud, Marina and Noodle (written by Munro Leaf!). We were thrilled to find a few uncommon first edition picture books: Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley, Louise Fatio & Roger Duvoisin's Three Happy Lions; Hardie Gramatky's 2nd book, Hercules; Marjorie Flack illustrated Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (in the first issue dust jacket with the incorrect title); Dahlov Ipcar's gorgeous Calico Jungle, etc... A nice group of Edward J. Detmold illustrated books made their way onto our shelves, as well as a lovely Kay Nielsen, an obscure Arthur Rackham title. As always, we tracked down some Caldecott Medal and Honor books including the ever elusive Mice Twice by Joseph Low and an inscribed copy of The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ed Young. We were pleased to come across a first printing of a Newbery Medal winner we've never offered before: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. We hope you find something that fills a void on your shelves. Enjoy!
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ALL NEW ARRIVALS await you in Catalog 65. We acquired a few scarce Ludwig Bemelmans titles: Rosebud, Marina and Noodle (written by Munro Leaf!). We were thrilled to find a few uncommon first edition picture books: Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley, Louise Fatio & Roger Duvoisin's Three Happy Lions; Hardie Gramatky's 2nd book, Hercules; Marjorie Flack illustrated Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (in the first issue dust jacket with the incorrect title); Dahlov Ipcar's gorgeous Calico Jungle, etc... A nice group of Edward J. Detmold illustrated books made their way onto our shelves, as well as a lovely Kay Nielsen, an obscure Arthur Rackham title. As always, we tracked down some Caldecott Medal and Honor books including the ever elusive Mice Twice by Joseph Low and an inscribed copy of The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ed Young. We were pleased to come across a first printing of a Newbery Medal winner we've never offered before: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. We hope you find something that fills a void on your shelves. Enjoy!
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Catalog 64
166 NEW ARRIVALS await you in Catalog 64 (We know it is numbered through 167, but we somehow missed #141). We recently took in a large quantity of Christmas themed books, most of which appear in this catalog, including a rare Elisabeth Ivanovsky illustrated tale of St. Nicholas of Myra by Henri Gheon. Be sure not to miss the American issue of Lewis Carroll's Nursery Alice. We're excited about a first edition of Alexander and the Magic Mouse illustrated by Philippe Fix, which we'd only ever seen as a book club or ex-library copy. We acquired a French language edition of Grimm's fairy tales that we'd never seen or heard of before, illustrated by Gwendolen Mawe, see item #74. On our recent travels to Maine we stumbled on a stunning copy of the John R. Neill illustrated edition of Hiawatha by Longfellow. A nice copy of Jessie Willcox Smith'sEveryday Fairy Book fell into our laps, and that doesn't happen everyday! There is much more to see including many signed books, Caldecott Honor books, Newbery Medal and Honor books and lastly we should mention a funny book of cats that you can read about at #28, Die Katzen in Der Schule with artwork attributed to Eugen Hartung. Enjoy!
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166 NEW ARRIVALS await you in Catalog 64 (We know it is numbered through 167, but we somehow missed #141). We recently took in a large quantity of Christmas themed books, most of which appear in this catalog, including a rare Elisabeth Ivanovsky illustrated tale of St. Nicholas of Myra by Henri Gheon. Be sure not to miss the American issue of Lewis Carroll's Nursery Alice. We're excited about a first edition of Alexander and the Magic Mouse illustrated by Philippe Fix, which we'd only ever seen as a book club or ex-library copy. We acquired a French language edition of Grimm's fairy tales that we'd never seen or heard of before, illustrated by Gwendolen Mawe, see item #74. On our recent travels to Maine we stumbled on a stunning copy of the John R. Neill illustrated edition of Hiawatha by Longfellow. A nice copy of Jessie Willcox Smith'sEveryday Fairy Book fell into our laps, and that doesn't happen everyday! There is much more to see including many signed books, Caldecott Honor books, Newbery Medal and Honor books and lastly we should mention a funny book of cats that you can read about at #28, Die Katzen in Der Schule with artwork attributed to Eugen Hartung. Enjoy!
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Catalog 63 is Now Available
Catalog 63 is filled with ALL NEW ARRIVALS! We present 200 items that we've acquired over the past few months including a first edition of Dr. Seuss' landmark book The Cat in the Hat as well as The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. We also found an early Sendak title we've never seen before, Circus Girl; it is a first edition and it's in beautiful condition. There are so many illustrated editions of Robert Louis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses and we had a nice group of them come in, see items 178-184. An uncommon Charles Robinson illustrated title came through our doors, Doris and David All Alone by Elizabeth Marc aka Princess Nusrat, and it retains its original dust jacket! We haven't seen a copy of Tomie De Paola's Strega Nona in years, but now we have a first edition, see item 42. A first edition of our favorite Louis Slobodkin title made its way onto our shelves, The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing; it's amusing, fun and teaches a valuable lesson and the illustrations are just perfect. Lastly, we stumbled on a nice copy of the Edith Wharton & Maxfield Parrish masterpiece, Italian Gardens and Their Villas, a first edition from 1904. Frankly, we're tickled. Thank you for taking the time to look at our catalog. Enjoy!
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Catalog 63 is filled with ALL NEW ARRIVALS! We present 200 items that we've acquired over the past few months including a first edition of Dr. Seuss' landmark book The Cat in the Hat as well as The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. We also found an early Sendak title we've never seen before, Circus Girl; it is a first edition and it's in beautiful condition. There are so many illustrated editions of Robert Louis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses and we had a nice group of them come in, see items 178-184. An uncommon Charles Robinson illustrated title came through our doors, Doris and David All Alone by Elizabeth Marc aka Princess Nusrat, and it retains its original dust jacket! We haven't seen a copy of Tomie De Paola's Strega Nona in years, but now we have a first edition, see item 42. A first edition of our favorite Louis Slobodkin title made its way onto our shelves, The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing; it's amusing, fun and teaches a valuable lesson and the illustrations are just perfect. Lastly, we stumbled on a nice copy of the Edith Wharton & Maxfield Parrish masterpiece, Italian Gardens and Their Villas, a first edition from 1904. Frankly, we're tickled. Thank you for taking the time to look at our catalog. Enjoy!
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Catalog 62
Catalog 62 celebrates many affordable books from our inventory as well as fabulous new arrivals such as Lois Lenski's Newbery Honor book, Phebe Fairchild, which is inscribed by her; Maj Lindman's uncommon book, Dear Little Deer; Panorama de Fleuve in book form, redesigned and translated to Down the River; Marianna Sloan's only book for children Rainbow Rhymes which she illustrated; we offer a signed copy of Madeleine L'Engle's Many Waters. This catalog has many signed books, foreign language fairy tale books, folk tales and of course a nice variety of Caldecott and Newbery Medal and Honor books. Thank you for taking the time to look at our catalog.
Catalog 62
Catalog 62 celebrates many affordable books from our inventory as well as fabulous new arrivals such as Lois Lenski's Newbery Honor book, Phebe Fairchild, which is inscribed by her; Maj Lindman's uncommon book, Dear Little Deer; Panorama de Fleuve in book form, redesigned and translated to Down the River; Marianna Sloan's only book for children Rainbow Rhymes which she illustrated; we offer a signed copy of Madeleine L'Engle's Many Waters. This catalog has many signed books, foreign language fairy tale books, folk tales and of course a nice variety of Caldecott and Newbery Medal and Honor books. Thank you for taking the time to look at our catalog.
Catalog 62
Catalog 61
Catalog 61 delights with its selection of beautiful and obscure children's and illustrated books. We are pleased to offer a rare piracy of Beatrix Potter's first book, A Happy Pair; it is an advertising vehicle for Fischer's Mustard. If fanciful verse is your thing, The Ballad of the Be-Ba-Boes by D K Stevens will not disappoint; the artwork is jolly fun, too. We are gushing over the Gustaf Tenggren illustrated DIckey Byrd, an early and uncommon work of his. Edmund Dulac has always been one of our favorite illustrators, so we are thrilled to have two jacketed titles, Love of the Foolish Angel and The Green Lacquer Pavilion, plus "the lavender" edition of My Days with the Fairies. Other highlights include a beautifully printed German alphabet book, Tierbilder ABC mit Reimen; Rudolf Mates illustrated The Magic Flutes; Children's Corner in the original dust jacket, illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair; and Child's Book of Myths in dust jacket, illustrated by Margaret Evans Price. As always we also offer a diverse selection of picture books and children's literature including Caldecott Award and Honor, and Newbery Award and Honor books. We hope you enjoy our latest catalog!
Catalog 61
Catalog 61 delights with its selection of beautiful and obscure children's and illustrated books. We are pleased to offer a rare piracy of Beatrix Potter's first book, A Happy Pair; it is an advertising vehicle for Fischer's Mustard. If fanciful verse is your thing, The Ballad of the Be-Ba-Boes by D K Stevens will not disappoint; the artwork is jolly fun, too. We are gushing over the Gustaf Tenggren illustrated DIckey Byrd, an early and uncommon work of his. Edmund Dulac has always been one of our favorite illustrators, so we are thrilled to have two jacketed titles, Love of the Foolish Angel and The Green Lacquer Pavilion, plus "the lavender" edition of My Days with the Fairies. Other highlights include a beautifully printed German alphabet book, Tierbilder ABC mit Reimen; Rudolf Mates illustrated The Magic Flutes; Children's Corner in the original dust jacket, illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair; and Child's Book of Myths in dust jacket, illustrated by Margaret Evans Price. As always we also offer a diverse selection of picture books and children's literature including Caldecott Award and Honor, and Newbery Award and Honor books. We hope you enjoy our latest catalog!
Catalog 61
Catalog 60
Catalog 60 is packed with Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor books, many are signed including an early printing of Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Newbery Winners which are scarce in the first edition such as Ann Nolan Clark's Secret of the Andes and Virginia Sorenson's Miracles on Maple Hill. This catalog also features nice, first editions and early printings of Ruth Plumly Thompson Oz books. A few highlights of illustrated books from this catalog are a signed limited edition of N. C. Wyeth's Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and Jessie Willcox Smith's Seven Ages of Childhood in dust jacket! Enjoy!
Catalog 60
Catalog 60 is packed with Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor books, many are signed including an early printing of Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Newbery Winners which are scarce in the first edition such as Ann Nolan Clark's Secret of the Andes and Virginia Sorenson's Miracles on Maple Hill. This catalog also features nice, first editions and early printings of Ruth Plumly Thompson Oz books. A few highlights of illustrated books from this catalog are a signed limited edition of N. C. Wyeth's Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and Jessie Willcox Smith's Seven Ages of Childhood in dust jacket! Enjoy!
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Catalog 59
All New Arrivals!
Catalog 59 includes signed Caldecott Medal winners, such as an early printing of Gail E. Haley's A Story, A Story; an early American title, The Wise Boys, published by McLoughlin Bros.; a nice selection of ABC books including a Mother Goose Alphabet, Little Darlings ABC and a nice Railroad ABC. We recently purchased a large collection of paper books which include many advertising pieces such as uncommon Mother Goose booklets illustrated by Lois Lenski and Eulalie, there are also quite a few fairy tale titles like Puss in Boots, Cinderella and Little Snow-Drop. Not to be overlooked is the fabulous and rare Noah's Ark panorama by Oskar Laske, Die Arche Noah. Enjoy!
Catalog 59
All New Arrivals!
Catalog 59 includes signed Caldecott Medal winners, such as an early printing of Gail E. Haley's A Story, A Story; an early American title, The Wise Boys, published by McLoughlin Bros.; a nice selection of ABC books including a Mother Goose Alphabet, Little Darlings ABC and a nice Railroad ABC. We recently purchased a large collection of paper books which include many advertising pieces such as uncommon Mother Goose booklets illustrated by Lois Lenski and Eulalie, there are also quite a few fairy tale titles like Puss in Boots, Cinderella and Little Snow-Drop. Not to be overlooked is the fabulous and rare Noah's Ark panorama by Oskar Laske, Die Arche Noah. Enjoy!
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Catalog 58
Catalog 58 includes 374 items, both new arrivals and a selection from our inventory. Highlights include a Ludwig Bemelmans rarity, Fifi about a little poodle in Uganda; L. Frank Baum introduces Animal ABC from the Christmas Stocking series; A first American edition of Edward Ardizzone's Tim and Lucy Go To Sea; a scarce Newbery Honor by Alice Dalgliesh, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain; a signed copy of Ed Emberley's Drummer Hoff which won the Caldecott Medal;beautiful signed books by Elizabeth Orton Jones, Trina Schart Hyman and Tomie de Paola and much more. Enjoy!
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Catalog 58 includes 374 items, both new arrivals and a selection from our inventory. Highlights include a Ludwig Bemelmans rarity, Fifi about a little poodle in Uganda; L. Frank Baum introduces Animal ABC from the Christmas Stocking series; A first American edition of Edward Ardizzone's Tim and Lucy Go To Sea; a scarce Newbery Honor by Alice Dalgliesh, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain; a signed copy of Ed Emberley's Drummer Hoff which won the Caldecott Medal;beautiful signed books by Elizabeth Orton Jones, Trina Schart Hyman and Tomie de Paola and much more. Enjoy!
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Catalog 57
Catalog 57 includes many Robert Sabuda pop-up books, most of them signed; a wonderful Noah's Ark illustrated by Tibor Gergely; Jotto Seibold's Pop-Up Alice in Wonderland; Johnny Gruelle's Grimm's Fairy Tales; Children of Odin by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany in the original dust jacket; an uncommon Diana Thorne book, Mitzi; The White Ring by Enys Tregarthen based on Cornish legends, signed by the editor, Elizabeth Yates and the illustrator, Nora Unwin; Else Wenz-Vitor's Daummelinchen (Thumbelina) in dust jacket and finally, a selection of non-children's books, mostly about England, Art and Interior Design. Enjoy!
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Catalog 57 includes many Robert Sabuda pop-up books, most of them signed; a wonderful Noah's Ark illustrated by Tibor Gergely; Jotto Seibold's Pop-Up Alice in Wonderland; Johnny Gruelle's Grimm's Fairy Tales; Children of Odin by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany in the original dust jacket; an uncommon Diana Thorne book, Mitzi; The White Ring by Enys Tregarthen based on Cornish legends, signed by the editor, Elizabeth Yates and the illustrator, Nora Unwin; Else Wenz-Vitor's Daummelinchen (Thumbelina) in dust jacket and finally, a selection of non-children's books, mostly about England, Art and Interior Design. Enjoy!
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Catalog 56
Catalog 56 includes exciting new arrivals such as: a rare Mother Goose parody, Turvy-Topsy, Rhymes Turned and Illustrated; a first edition of Tomi Ungerer's Crictor; a rare L. Frank Baum Wizard of Oz imitation by Frederic Chapin, Toodles of Treasure Town and her Snow Man; Lilian Price Hacker's gorgeous book, Susan in its original box; The Cat that Jumped out of the Story, illustrated by Peggy Bacon. As always, we've also included a selection of beautiful picture books, classics of juvenile literature, Caldecott Medal and Honor books and Newbery Medal and Honor books, plus signed and inscribed books.
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Catalog 56 includes exciting new arrivals such as: a rare Mother Goose parody, Turvy-Topsy, Rhymes Turned and Illustrated; a first edition of Tomi Ungerer's Crictor; a rare L. Frank Baum Wizard of Oz imitation by Frederic Chapin, Toodles of Treasure Town and her Snow Man; Lilian Price Hacker's gorgeous book, Susan in its original box; The Cat that Jumped out of the Story, illustrated by Peggy Bacon. As always, we've also included a selection of beautiful picture books, classics of juvenile literature, Caldecott Medal and Honor books and Newbery Medal and Honor books, plus signed and inscribed books.
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Catalog 55
Catalog 55 includes exciting new arrivals such as: two uncommon Thornton Burgess slip cased sets; John W. Harrington's book, Adventures of Admiral Frog; a stunning first edition of the Petersham's Caldecott Honor, American ABC, two Harry Whittier Frees books featuring posed baby animals, and an uncommon May Byron title, Little Yellow Duckling illustrated by M. M. Rudge. As always, the new arrivals are accompanied by a selection of great books from our inventory. Thanks for looking!
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Catalog 55 includes exciting new arrivals such as: two uncommon Thornton Burgess slip cased sets; John W. Harrington's book, Adventures of Admiral Frog; a stunning first edition of the Petersham's Caldecott Honor, American ABC, two Harry Whittier Frees books featuring posed baby animals, and an uncommon May Byron title, Little Yellow Duckling illustrated by M. M. Rudge. As always, the new arrivals are accompanied by a selection of great books from our inventory. Thanks for looking!
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Catalog 53 is Now Available!
Catalog 53 features new arrivals such as Leo Lionni's first book, Little Blue and Little Yellow; Louis Wain's Great Big Midget Book, Anne Anderson's Sleepy Song Book, Florence Harrison's Rhyme of a Run, an uncommon ABC book, The Jaw-Breaker's Alphabet as well as Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal titles, classic picture books and favorite illustrators.
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Catalog 53 features new arrivals such as Leo Lionni's first book, Little Blue and Little Yellow; Louis Wain's Great Big Midget Book, Anne Anderson's Sleepy Song Book, Florence Harrison's Rhyme of a Run, an uncommon ABC book, The Jaw-Breaker's Alphabet as well as Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal titles, classic picture books and favorite illustrators.
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