CHILDREN'S BOOKS from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

London: Michael Joseph... in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2017. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A YA SF novel; the first volume in the Nyxia Triad. This is one of 250 numbered and signed copies of the UK first edition. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Later printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. A Caldecott Honor picture book (one of seven honor books by Sendak, following Where the Wild Things Are, which won the award). [40] pages. Roughly 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak, A75. A later, but early printing, with no price on the jacket… Read more about this item

An original pen-and-ink line drawing illustration of a man carrying bundles of babies. When this drawing was purchased by the previous owner, it was titled "the baby thief" on the invoice. The intent might also have been humorous, as a young bird, perhaps a fledgling stork, seems to be saying something to the man, who could be delivering babies.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Cisneros' first children's book, illustrated by Terry Ybáñez, First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1 on the last page). A fine copy in a near fine, slightly bumped dust jacket. Signed by Cisneros on the title page.

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Originally published in 1973 in two volumes, this is a revised one-volume edition of some of Grimms' fairy tales illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The stories were selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translations by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell. [ix], 334 pages. 5-3/4… Read more about this item

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 500 signed, numbered copies of the author's debut middle-grade novel about America's national pastime vs. the undead. 231 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 343 of 500 signed by Bacigalupi.

New York: Blue Sky / Scholastic, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An illustrated rendition of Ecclesiastes 3: 1 to 8 plus chapter 1, verse 4. This is one of 150 numbered copies signed on a tipped in page at the back. This copy is housed in a cloth slipcase. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A classic Texas folk tale in picture-book form. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With the owner's embossed stamp on the last leaf (a long-time San Antonia elementary school principal). A… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A Caldecott Honor picture book (one of seven honor books by Sendak, following Where the Wild Things Are, which won the award). [40] pages. Roughly 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak, A75. First edition (first printing, with no indications of later printings,… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A retelling of the fairy tale in picture book form. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket (top of spine bumped), preserving the original $13.00 price. This copy is… Read more about this item

London: Basil Blackwell, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The British poet laureate's first children's books, an adventure yarn about the son of a feared sea captain who takes up the family business and has adventures fighting the Spanish in the 16th century. This is one of Day-Lewis's most sought-after books. Published as Tales of Action… Read more about this item

New York: Philomel Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A large-format book about Eric Carle and his work, illustrated with more than 60 full-color images of his work. Carle is best-known for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 125 pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. First edition (first impression stated, with a numberline ending in 1).… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book set in Cameroon by a Newbery Award-winning writer and a Caldecott Award-winning artist. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both artist and author on the title page.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Milne's own selection of his greatest hits, excerpted from the four Pooh books, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The House at Pooh Corner, with the original illustrations by E. H. Shepard and a new introduction by Milne. This is one… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A story written by Maurice Sendak's father about growing up in a Polish-Jewish shtetl, immigrating to America, and starting a new life. With illustrations by his son, the Caldecott Award-winning artist. Translated and adapted from the Yiddish by Seymour Barofsky. 42 pages. Hanrahan bibliography,… Read more about this item

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: Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Cisneros' first children's book, illustrated by Terry Ybáñez, First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1 on the last page). A fine copy in a near fine, slightly bumped dust jacket. Signed by Cisneros 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… Read more about this item