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"But for a dog That kept its head": Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue; Signed by Him
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Rescue.
London: Andre Deutsch/Derek Verscholyle, 1957.
First British edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 114234
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"Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you": First Edition of To the One I Love the Best; With Postcard Inscribed by Ludwig Bemelmans
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
To the One I Love the Best.
New York: The Viking Press, 1955.
First edition of this biographical portrait of the life of the 'First Lady of Interior Decoration' Lady Mendl Elise de Wolfe and the author himself. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial boards, frontispiece illustration of Elise de Wolfe by Ludwig Bemelmans, holograph note on photo postcard from Bemelmans to his Viking Press editor, Fanny (Toni) Strassman laid in, the postcard reads, "Thank you Fanny - I think you're all wonderful regards Ludwig." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Armand de la Rochefoucault.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145567
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"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines...": First Edition of Madeline; Inscribed by Ludwig Bemelmans
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
First edition, first issue of this classic children's book with the 1939 date on the title page and with 12 girls instead of 11 in the "They went home and broke their bread" illustration. Thin folio, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Elinor Green Ludwig Bemelmans." The recipient, Elinor Green, was the promotions director at Simon and Schuster in the 1940s, and married Merle Miller in 1948. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities and spine of the dust jacket,…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 146780
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"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence": First Edition of Israel: A personal History, Signed by David Ben Gurion
BEN-GURION, David.
Israel: A Personal History.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Inc, 1971.
First edition of Ben-Gurion's Israel: A Personal History. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by David Ben-Gurion on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition, owner signature to the half-title page.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 99343
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"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence": Signed Limited Edition of Israel: A personal History, one of 2000 numbered copies Signed by David Ben Gurion and with the rare original publisher’s cardboard box
BEN-GURION, David.
Israel: A Personal History.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971.
Signed limited edition of Ben Gurion's history of Israel, one of 2000 numbered copies signed beneath the photographic frontispiece by David Ben-Gurion. Thick quarto, original full dark blue morocco, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. Fine in a fine slipcase. Also includes the rare original publisher’s cardboard box.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146980
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First Edition of All the President's Men; Signed by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Ben Bradlee, George Bush, Henry Kissinger and Alexander Butterfield
BERNSTEIN, Carl & Bob Woodward; Benjamin Bradlee.
All The President’s Men.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Signed by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the title page. Additionally signed by President George H.W. Bush, editor Ben Bradlee, Henry Kissinger and Alexander Butterfield. George W. Bush wrote in 41 Portrait of My Father, regarding The Watergate Scandal, "The final straw came on August 5, 1974. The Supreme Court had ruled that the White House must turn over all the tapes to Leon Jaworski, the new Watergate special prosecutor and a friend of Dad’s from Houston. "The tapes revealed that Nixon had spoken to…
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 101455
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First edition of The Oxford Book of Poetry for Children; profusely illustrated by Brian Wildsmith and elaborately bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
BLISHEN, Edward. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Oxford Book of Poetry for Children.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
First edition of Blishen and Wildsmith's acclaimed illustrated compilation of children's poetry. Quarto, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 129349
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"For Philip Jose Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography": First Edition of Robert Bloch's Psycho; Inscribed by Him to science fiction pioneer Philip Jose Farmer
BLOCH, Robert.
Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip José Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography Fondly Robert Bloch 1967." The recipient, award-winning author Philip José Farmer, is widely considered one of the greatest and most distinctive science fiction writers of the 21st century. Revered for his eccentric style of crossover fiction…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124949
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First Edition of Harold Bloom's Shelley's Mythmaking; Inscribed by Him
BLOOM, Harold.
Shelley’s Mythmaking.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959.
First edition of Bloom's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5721
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BLOS, Joan W.
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32.
New York: Scribners, 1979.
First edition of the author's Newberry award-winning novel. Octavo, original red boards. Fine in a very good plus dust jacket with a few short closed tears, and without the Newberry award winning sticker on the front panel. Signed by the author who has added some lines from this work.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 1797
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“Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it": Rare First Edition in English of Boccaccio's Decameron
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
The Decameron.
London: Isaac Jaggard, 1620.
First edition in English of Boccaccio's masterpiece, published by Jaggard published three years prior to his printing of the Shakespeare First Folio. Boccaccio's masterpiece. Folio, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, errata leaf at end of volume one, B1 is a cancellans, woodcut titles each with 6 vignettes, 98 woodcut vignettes in text chiefly repeating the title vignettes, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $60,000.00 Item Number: 128726
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“Things are always happening to me. I’m that sort of bear": Rare First Edition of A Bear Called Paddington; Inscribed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum .
A Bear Called Paddington.
London: Collins, 1958.
First edition of the first book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John with all good wishes Michael Bond. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a chip to the back panel. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 128753
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Illustrated Edition of The Discoverers; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin to his Neighbors in the Year of Publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.
First illustrated edition of this classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper in the year of publication of both volumes. Volume one's inscription reads "For Hope and Sam- good friends, good neighbors- with affection from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Volume two's inscription reads, "For Hope and Sam- with affection over many years from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Both volumes are in fine condition, as is the slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5026
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Creators; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Creators.
New York: Random House, 1992.
First edition of this "grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, "For Dona [sic] Munker from Daniel J. Boorstin Oct. 21, 1992." The recipient, Donna Munker is a writer and biographer and author of Daughter of Persia. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128201
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Discoverers; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search To Know His World and Himself.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition, early printing of this "grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, "For Jeanne Perkins- fellow discoverer- from Daniel J. Boorstin June 6, 1989." Also, laid in is a signed letter from Boorstin's wife on their letterhead. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133633
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Framed Photograph of Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Signed by Frank Borman, James Lovell, and Bill Anders and Presented to Alan Bean by the Apollo 8 Crew; Additionally Inscribed by Alan Bean
BORMAN, Frank; James Lovell; William [Bill Anders]; Alan Bean.
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and Bill Anders Photograph Signed to Alan Bean.
December 1968.
Photograph of the iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' given to Alan Bean and his family upon Apollo 8's return. Glossy color photograph of the Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' inscribed in black felt tip by Bill Anders, "To the Ragsdales, A Beautiful View of Our Home, Bill Anders," signed on the mount by the entire Apollo 8 crew, additionally signed and inscribed on the mount by Alan Bean, "Presented by the Apollo 8 crew, Frank, Jim & Bill, to Sue and me just after their return from the Moon, in December 1968, Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut." In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 20.5 inches by 16.5…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 145393
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First Edition of Max Born's Einstein's Theory of Relativity; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born
BORN, Max [Albert Einstein].
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
London: Methuen & Company, 1924.
First edition of this classic account of Born's analysis and interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Max Born on the verso of the frontispiece. Translated by Henry L. Brose. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are uncommon, signed examples rare.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 78904
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First Edition of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook; Signed by Alice May Brock and Arlo Guthrie
BROCK, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by both Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock on the title page with numbers on the title page. In good condition. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Rare and desirable signed by both Guthrie and Brock.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140091
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First Edition of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook; Signed by Arlo Guthrie
BROCK, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by Arlo Guthrie on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with the original record in the rear. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Rare and desirable signed by Guthrie.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143058
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First Edition of Margaret Wise Brown's The Important Book
BROWN, Margaret Wise; Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
The Important Book.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this charming early work by Margaret Wise Brown. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 12038
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First Edition of Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of Brzezinski's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Garrett Loube Design Associates.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 144069
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First Edition of Pearl Buck's Classic First Novel The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143665
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First Edition of The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Pearl Buck
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation, Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143999
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“Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world": First Edition of Jimmy Buffett's A Salty Piece of Land
BUFFETT, Jimmy .
A Salty Piece of Land.
New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2004.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Lonnie Busch.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 145150
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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get": First edition of Tap Dancing To Work; Signed by Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis
BUFFETT, Warren E. & Collected and Expanded by Carol Loomis.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything.
New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2013.
First edition of this collection of writings by and about Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joseph Perez.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145816
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First Edition of Henrik Johan Bull's The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions; From the Library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
BULL, Henrik Johan.
The Cruise of the ‘Antarctic’ to the South Polar Regions.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896.
First edition of Antarctic pioneer Henrik Johan Bull's account of his voyage aboard the steamship 'Antarctic' in search of the elusive Right whale which, arguably, put the first men on the continent. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette of the 'Antarctic' to the front panel, frontispiece by W.L. Wyllie and illustrations by W.G. Burn Murdoch. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 111093
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John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progess; elaborately bound in full crushed teal levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to that Which is to Come.
London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861.
Finely bound edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed teal levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, radiant cornerpieces and central morocco onlay of a pilgrim to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and wide inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with one hundred and ten designs by J.D. Watson engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel. With a Memoir and notes by George Offor.…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139796
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"ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS OF RELIGIOUS ENGLISH LITERATURE": JOHN BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Complete in Three Parts: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: To Which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author.
Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1790-91.
Likely first illustrated edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Small octavo, early half sheep over marbled boards, three frontispieces, illustrated with eleven nearly full-page woodcuts, publisher's error jump in page number from p. 324 to p. 343. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and loss to the sheep binding, hand-printed paper label replacing spine label, small ownership tag to the front pastedown, some toning throughout, old tape repairs (versos of frontispiece and title page, page 12, page 83), closed tear to the front flyleaf, some loss to the first frontispiece woodcut which…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 146540
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John Bunyan's Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John; Edited with Introduction by Roger Sharrock.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to come.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Finely bound Oxford University Press printing of the author's famous allegory and spiritual autobiography. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of John Bunyan from the pencil drawing by Robert White in the British Museum. Presentation stamp to the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145239
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Escape on Venus
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Escape on Venus.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the 'Venus' series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145058
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Girl from Hollywood
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
The Girl from Hollywood.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923.
First edition of Burroughs' contemporary fiction novel. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145116
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“MODERN MAN HAS LOST THE OPTION OF SILENCE”: First Edition of William Burroughs' The Ticket That Exploded; Signed by Him
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Ticket That Exploded.
London: The Olympia Press, 1962.
First edition, first printing. Octavo, original green wrappers. Signed by William Burroughs on the title page. In fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 5719
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First Edition of Gotham; Signed by Edwin G. Burrows
BURROWS, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of this vast and varied epic of New York's past. Super octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white images. Boldly signed by Edwin G. Burrows on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch. Jacket illustration hand-coloring by Cathy Saksa. Authors photograph by Bruce Davidson.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 145185
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First Edition of Gotham; Signed by Mike Wallace
BURROWS, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of this vast and varied epic of New York's past. Super octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white images. Boldly signed by Mike Wallace on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch. Jacket illustration hand-coloring by Cathy Saksa. Authors photograph by Bruce Davidson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145822
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"People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget how you made them feel": First Edition of Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves; Signed by Him
CALVINO, Italo.
Difficult Loves.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Italo Calvino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 22051
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"Thanks for keeping old tales alive!": First Appearance of the author's Hugo Award-Winning Novel The Ender's Game; Signed twice by Orson Scott Card
CARD, Orson Scott; Larry Niven; Kevin O'Donnell.
Science Fiction Analog [Ender’s Game].
New York: Conde Nast, 1977.
The first publication of Orson Scott Card's Hugo award-winning novel Ender's Game, predating the first edition by eight years. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Orson Scott Card at his contribution, "For Mary Alice- Thanks for keeping old tales alive! Scott" and again signed in full opposite his inscription Cover art by Kelly Freas. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 146723
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One of only 500 Signed Limited Edition 25th Anniversary edition; Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing of a Caterpillar
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
New York: Philomel, 1994.
One of only 500 signed limited edition of the 25th Anniversary edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original silver boards. Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing on the front panel. In fine condition as is the original cardboard box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 20036
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First Edition of Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider; Inscribed by the Author with a Drawing of a Spider
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Busy Spider.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this classic picture book. Oblong octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author opposite the title page in black felt tip, "For Van, with love, Eric Carle." Additionally inscribed with a drawing of a spider. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription of the recipient in the year of publication opposite the title page.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146480