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November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Children's Books, Three, Signed and Inscribed.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Children's Books, Three, Signed and Inscribed.
Margaret Wise Brown's (1910-1952) [aka Golden MacDonald] The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (1916-2000),New York: Doubleday & Co., 1946, first edition, signed by Weisgard; in publisher's pictorial cloth, with the slightly worn and chipped dust jacket, Caldecott Medal sticker on the front panel; Weisgard won the award for this book in 1948;
James Thurber's (1894-1961) Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (1903-1975),New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Co., 1943, inscribed by Slobodkin to Julia Carter, "to my good friend, with deep affection," in publisher's red cloth, with the jacket, slightly sunned, chipping, with a small piece missing at the head of the spine; Slobodkin won the 1944 Caldecott for his illustrations in this work;
[and] Marie Curtis Rains's (1884-1953) Lazy Liza Lizard, illustrated by Vera Neville, Chicago: Winston, 1938, inscribed to Carter on half-title, "[the author] is honored deeply that Julia should have squandered her worldly wealth in the purchasing of the foregoing," in blue publisher's cloth, without the jacket. (3)


Provenance: from the collection of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980).
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

Caldecott Medal, Leonard Weisgard, Little Island, The Little Island, Doubleday & Co., James Thurber, Julia Carter, Louis Slobodkin, head, Brace & Co., Marie Curtis Rains, Julia F. Carter, Chicago, Vera Neville