When You Reach Me by Stead, Rebecca - 2009

J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952 HBDJ, 1952, Stated First Edition, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Gently bumped with just a hint of wear at the corners and spine ends. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears. Spine sunned, small drip marks on the front panel. Lower corner of the front flap clipped, DJ Protected Clear Mylar Cvr ,Orange Cloth Titled in Blue cvr Light Wear, DJ LIGHT SCUFFING EDGE SPINE & Light fade Spine DJ & Tiny chips tears Extremities DJ, 115 pgs, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light Wear Fox, ,A deserted old barn set at the end of a grassy lane, in the midst of sunny fields, the the favorite place where Reed and Kathie play. It is only when strange sounds in the old stable and a ghostly form in the mist are added to the familiar owl hoots and mouse scurryings that the barn becomes a mysterious place. Their Much Admired Uncle, Bill, Makes a Visit & loses his Wallet in the Haymow. Then things happen Fast, & in the End Kathie’s dearest Wish comesTrue. 1st… Read More

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST ISSUE. New York, Frederick A Stokes Co., 1937. A Rare First Edition of the WINNER OF THE FIRST CALDECOTT AWARD for Best Illustrated Children's Book in 1938. First Issue with Lathrop's name misspelled "Lathop" on both the spine of the book and the spine of the dust jacket. This copy is Signed by Dorothy Lathrop on the blank page opposite the title page. The Book is in Very Good+ condition with mild toning and foxing on the endpapers and paste-downs, a dark spot on the first 4 pages. No writing or other marks. Gilt lettering on front board and spine Bright, no wear. Edges and corners show slight wear. Dust Jacket Very Good+ with small chips, light edge wear, and a red stain on the rear panel, the front is clean. Not price-clipped, "$2.00" on the top front dj flap. No medal or mention of Caldecott Award on the dust jacket. Helen Fish wrote the introduction and selected passages from the King James Bible to accompany the beautiful drawings of Dorothy Lathrop.… Read More

Row, Peterson & Co.New York City, 1940. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD.+ 1st US -1st Printing. .Some shelf wear. Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. There is light soiling to the page edges The binding is good.

London: Methuen & Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957-1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Autobiographical book of Shepard childhood, later famous for his children illustration in particular books by AA Milne. A fine book in excellent condition. Internally clean with clean boards and clear red top stain. VG+ or better dust jacket. Some minor edgewear and some very small chips. Now in a protective cover, unclipped. An exceptional copy in collectors condition, the 2nd of Shepard's bibliographical works following on Drawn from Memory. Many of Shepard's drawings adorn the pages. A very fine book, small smudge at the bottom edge. Internally book is pristine (as new) with no marks internally. Tight binding and seems unread. Clear red top stain. A like dust jacket that is very fine. Unclipped, with 25s price visible. Now in a protective cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated) New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020. NEW. Signed by both Authors on the Title Page. Wonderful illustrations by Yuko Shimizu. Dust Jacket Bright, Clean, no wear, no tears, no stickers, not price-clipped ($17.99), protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. Binding Tight and Square. Boards Clean, no bumps. Not ex-library. A Very Fine copy of this Beautiful 2021 Caldecott Honor book.

J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952 HBDJ, 1952, Stated First Edition, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Gently bumped with just a hint of wear at the corners and spine ends. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears. Spine sunned, small drip marks on the front panel. Lower corner of the front flap clipped, DJ Protected Clear Mylar Cvr ,Orange Cloth Titled in Blue cvr Light Wear, DJ LIGHT SCUFFING EDGE SPINE & Light fade Spine DJ & Tiny chips tears Extremities DJ, 115 pgs, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light Wear Fox, ,A deserted old barn set at the end of a grassy lane, in the midst of sunny fields, the the favorite place where Reed and Kathie play. It is only when strange sounds in the old stable and a ghostly form in the mist are added to the familiar owl hoots and mouse scurryings that the barn becomes a mysterious place. Their Much Admired Uncle, Bill, Makes a Visit & loses his Wallet in the Haymow. Then things happen Fast, & in the End Kathie’s dearest Wish comesTrue. 1st… Read More

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST ISSUE. New York, Frederick A Stokes Co., 1937. A Rare First Edition of the WINNER OF THE FIRST CALDECOTT AWARD for Best Illustrated Children's Book in 1938. First Issue with Lathrop's name misspelled "Lathop" on both the spine of the book and the spine of the dust jacket. This copy is Signed by Dorothy Lathrop on the blank page opposite the title page. The Book is in Very Good+ condition with mild toning and foxing on the endpapers and paste-downs, a dark spot on the first 4 pages. No writing or other marks. Gilt lettering on front board and spine Bright, no wear. Edges and corners show slight wear. Dust Jacket Very Good+ with small chips, light edge wear, and a red stain on the rear panel, the front is clean. Not price-clipped, "$2.00" on the top front dj flap. No medal or mention of Caldecott Award on the dust jacket. Helen Fish wrote the introduction and selected passages from the King James Bible to accompany the beautiful drawings of Dorothy Lathrop.… Read More

Row, Peterson & Co.New York City, 1940. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD.+ 1st US -1st Printing. .Some shelf wear. Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. There is light soiling to the page edges The binding is good.

London: Methuen & Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957-1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Autobiographical book of Shepard childhood, later famous for his children illustration in particular books by AA Milne. A fine book in excellent condition. Internally clean with clean boards and clear red top stain. VG+ or better dust jacket. Some minor edgewear and some very small chips. Now in a protective cover, unclipped. An exceptional copy in collectors condition, the 2nd of Shepard's bibliographical works following on Drawn from Memory. Many of Shepard's drawings adorn the pages. A very fine book, small smudge at the bottom edge. Internally book is pristine (as new) with no marks internally. Tight binding and seems unread. Clear red top stain. A like dust jacket that is very fine. Unclipped, with 25s price visible. Now in a protective cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated) New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020. NEW. Signed by both Authors on the Title Page. Wonderful illustrations by Yuko Shimizu. Dust Jacket Bright, Clean, no wear, no tears, no stickers, not price-clipped ($17.99), protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. Binding Tight and Square. Boards Clean, no bumps. Not ex-library. A Very Fine copy of this Beautiful 2021 Caldecott Honor book.