Aprils Kittens, First Edition (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by The Author (illustrator). Hardcover, in dustjacket. 1940. SD, with NAP, but there is no first edition statement listed (so likely an early printing). Some sun-darkening along the spine, and just a bit of light bumping at the spine head. Else the binding is quite clean. The page edges and endpapers are a bit age-darkening. Else pages clean. The DJ is Fair only. Wear/tears and sunning along the DJ spine. Some edgewear, short tears. Rubbing along the flap folds. Some quite light staining to the DJ rear panel; the front panel is clean. ; 28C; 11 x 9.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, as stated. 9 x 11 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends worn with some loss, covers a tiny bit foxed but very clean. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked. Chil. Stax.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition, copy right page reads "10-40 First Edition K-P". No DJ. Light tanning to covers and page edges. Former owners name inside back cover. Pages and illustration clean and crisp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Australian Edition. Hardback: lovely illustrations in b/w/brown by the author, dj is worn on the edges, split on spine, a few tears and marks, price clipped, colour pictorial covers (as dj), spine tips and corners slightly rubbed, top edge a little marked, name on front flyleaf, page corners a little bumped, some light foxing, else vg. small 4to, (34pp).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Newberry, Clare Turlay (illustrator). 1st. Beige hardcover cloth binding with sketch of black kitten on front cover. Staining to inside of binding, light wrinkled to pages, 1944 gift inscription along with a message in short hand. Binding secure and tight. DJ has wear along edges, closed tear front cover, Christmas sticker on front of dj also. Unpaginated, illus endpapers. April's cat Sheba has three kittens - her father points out they have a one-cat apartment, so April has to decide which cat to keep. Size: 4to - Square.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated; 4to, unnumbered pages, two color charcoal illustrations throughout; brown spots and darkening along joints, bookplate in front paste-down and gift inscription in front free endpaper dated 1940, internally clean and sound; dust jacket a bit tattered at edges with a couple of small chips out at bottom edge, a bit smudgy with some scattered foxing, now in protective mylar cover. Newberry's delightful story of the impossible task of choosing just one kitten was a Caldecott Honors winner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Newberry, Clare Turlay (illustrator). 1st ed. Stated 1st ed. of the Caldecott Honor Book, 4to, tan cloth with kitten illustration on cover, illustrated in black and pink throughout by the author. Perforated cat picture (for framing) at back of book removed, neat name and Christmas date on front free endpaper else fine in chipped and worn, unclipped dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Newberry, Clare Turlay (illustrator). 1st Edition. Charming black/red/white illustrations. There is an inscription on the free front endpaper otherwise very clean inside. All is firm. Clean and firm boards with minor fading to top edge, mainly back board. Minimal edge wear. Includes partial dustjacket, missing half of front panel and front flap.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. This book is hard-bound in tan cloth with black printing on the upper cover, in a dust jacket with toning, weear to the edges, some chipping to the spine-ends, and a small hole in the spine. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean, but with light toning and foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Clare Turlay Newberry (illustrator). First Edition. Very Good condition book in VG- condition dustjacket. DJ has some small chips and rips and some missing at bottom of flap but is not price-clipped. Book is tight and clean. [illus].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Newberry, Clare Turlay (illustrator). 1st Edition. Charming black/white/red illustrations. The odd spot to endpapers otherwise all clean and firm inside. The boards have edge wear particularly to the spine but are completely firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Decorative cloth. End paper gutters lightly age toned and faint erasure marks on front end paper, else tight, bright and unmarked. Includes full page illustration meant to be removed and framed. Priced ($1.75) jacket has a couple small scuffs and small tears. Caldecott Honor Award 1941.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. First printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Previous owner's name/address on front free endpaper. Attractive colour bookplate on front paste-down endpaper with poem about cats - "The errant cat, though oft astray, comes back to home at last one day. Ah, may this book when lent be feline enough to make a homeward beeline!" Dust jacket has some wear around edges. Original price of $1.75 on front flap. Dust jacket is protected in mylar cover. First Edition K-P" stated on copyright page, indicating first printing of first edition. Author received the Caldecott Honor for four of her books, including this title. "When April's cat, Sheba, had three kittens, April's father pointed out that four cats in a New York apartment were three cats too many. April might keep which ever one she wanted most. But the other three would have to be given away. For, said her father, theirs was strictly a one-cat apartment. April's choice was a difficult one. For how was it possible to choose?".