Goose Feathers, Signed (3 results)

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A book published in aid of the appeal to set up the Opie Collection of children's books at the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Includes rhymes selected by Iona Opie from the collection, some never before published, and each rhyme is illustrated by a different children's artist, all of whom donated their efforts to raise funds to perserve this collection. SIGNED and dated by Marc Brown at his illustrated pages. Other contributors are Shirley Hughes, Ann Dalton, Reg Cartwright, Inga Moore, Maurice Sendak, Quentin Blake, Helen Oxenbury, Babette Cole and others. Dustjacket illutration by Maurice Sendak. A beautiful and unique book. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Tall, thin 8vo. Color illustrations by Virginia Campbell; 3 musical examples. Dust jacket (slightly soiled). Very good. Modern nursery rhymes. Signed and inscribed by Becker on front free endpaper: "Are you there? Best, John B.". Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. 40th Anniversary Edition. Tall quarto, pp., [iv], [36]. Richly illustrated throughout. Laminated pictorial boards in a matching unclipped dust-jacket. A near fine copy, boldly signed by the author to the half-title page. Borka was the author's first children's book and won him the Kate Greenaway medal for illustration. This special edition marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of this heart-warming tale.