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Item #10052 Redoute: The Man Who Painted Flowers. Carolyn Croll

Redoute: The Man Who Painted Flowers

First edition of this picture book devoted to the life and work of French painter Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), whose flower paintings remain high spots of botanical illustration. Croll depicts Redoute's encounters with Marie Antoinette, Napoleon and Josephine, and John James Audubon: "Painting flowers may be something small, but it is.....

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Item #10016 Bembo's Zoo. Roberto De Vicq de Cumptich

Bembo's Zoo

First edition of this alphabetical zoo, in which each animal is ingeniously constructed using the letters of the Bembo font family. An endnote explains the history of the Bembo font, originally cut by Francesco Griffo for the Renaissance printer Aldus Manutius, and named after the scholar and poet Pietro Bembo.....

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Item #100122 The Tale of Despereaux. Kate DiCamillo

The Tale of Despereaux

First edition of DiCamillo's fantastic tale of a mouse in love with a princess, winner of the Newbery Medal for 2004. "Happily ever after. Despereaux was certain that he had read exactly those words time and time again." Fine condition.

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Item #100120 The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." A beautiful reading copy of a childhood classic, with the iconic Ernest Shepard illustrations.

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Item #10025 Smartypants (Pete in School). Maira Kalman

Smartypants (Pete in School)

First edition of artist Maira Kalman's kaleidoscopic portrait of elementary school life, as Pete the dog joins the classroom for one day only. "Obviously you do not expect me to be a sentient being, but empirically speaking, you cannot deny that I am speaking. . . . I ate the.....

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Item #10027 Hi, Cat! Ezra Jack Keats

Hi, Cat!

First edition of this tale of a mischievous alley cat by Caldecott-winner Keats, who revisits the characters of his earlier picture books here. "'You're well rid of a cat like that,' said his mother. Archie thought for a while. 'You know what, Ma?" he said. 'I think that cat just.....

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Item #10029 Birds, Beasts and The Third Thing. D. H Lawrence

Birds, Beasts and The Third Thing

First edition of this children's collection of D.H. Lawrence's poems, illustrated by Caldecott medalists Alice and Martin Provensen, with an introduction by poet Donald Hall. The paintings depict scenes from Lawrence's childhood in an English mining town and the surrounding countryside: "A man should never earn his living, / if.....

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Item #10038 Dawn. Uri Shulevitz

Dawn

First edition of Caldecott-winner Shulevitz's watercolor tribute to sunrise, based on a poem by the ancient Chinese poet Liu Chung-yuan. Shulevitz follows the early morning adventures of an old man and his grandson on a camping trip. "The oars screak and rattle, churning pools of foam. / Suddenly / the.....

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