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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

by Carle, Eric

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New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1969. First printing. About fine in near-fine jacket.. Rare first edition copy of this landmark picture book with an entirely intact dust jacket priced at $4.25 - i.e. not price clipped. Carle's legendary picture book has always been found price clipped in the first edition - including even the author's own copy (ref. Grolier 100) - until this copy was discovered. It likely escaped that fate because it was never offered for sale; for decades it lived in the personal collection of a former employee of the World Publishing Company. While contemporary publication notices in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY clearly state a list price of $4.25, first issue copies of the book are only seen with the corners of the front flap clipped, either with an additional sticker priced at $3.95, or without. The jacket on this copy carries the original printed price of $4.25 making it a tremendously rare complete, unaltered copy - and further confirming the theory that the entire… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by World Publishing, New York & Cleveland, OH 1969. 28 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. First State DJ (with the original price of 4.25 present underneath a sticker with the price of 4.95 present, with two paragraphs on the front flap, photograph of Carle with his two children to the rear flap with blurb mentioning only his first book, "1,2,3 to the Zoo" and A3450 on rear panel). Has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (2 inch closed tear present to the front panel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." So begins Eric Carle's modern classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. More than 12 million copies of this book have been sold in its original, full-sized… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

by Carle, Eric

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Cleveland: World Publishing, 1969. First edition, first printing of Carle's most recognizable work (with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board). Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page with an original drawing of a caterpillar. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with $3.91 on the bottom flap, clipped on the top as usual with a few small stains, small ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are exceedingly rare. "Eric Carle was one of the first illustrators intrigued with the idea of introducing natural science concepts to young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has remained in print for [over] 25 years, attesting to its popularity" (Silvey, 120). The Very Hungry Caterpillar was originally published in 1969 and has since sold over 30 million copies and was voted the number two children's picture book in a… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Carle, Eric. First printing, oblong quarto, 28 pp., in first issue dust jacket. Eric Carle (b. 1929) is known world-wide for this, his third book, which has been translated into more than 60 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, garnering numerous awards along the way including the American Institute of Graphic Arts Award in 1970 and the Nakamori Reader's Prize in Japan in 1975; Carle was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 2003 by the American Library Association and was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010. Carle's style consists of using hand-painted tissue papers and creating a collage, which is then reproduced via offset colour lithography. This book, with its multiple die-cut pages as the caterpillar eats his way through various foodstuffs, created such a challenge for US printers that the publisher eventually found a printer in Japan.… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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World Publishing Co, 1969. first. hardcover. fine/near fine. INSCRIBED and with an original drawing by the author. First edition, first printing, with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board. Later edition dustjacket. Book fine, very slight bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket near fine, price-clipped, very minor wear, tape to inside of top of rear panel. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing with number line reading 1-5 on copyright page, and A3450 code on rear. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Faint soiling to cloth, light wear at corners and spine ends. Previous owner name and inscription to front paste down and front free end paper, with a vintage bookseller tag to paste down. Pages show light reading wear. Carle's third book, in which a caterpillar eats it's way toward metamorphosis.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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Used - Lacking jacket else a fine and bright copy in custom mylar cover.
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First edition with full number line and code A3450 on lower rear
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The World Publishing Company, 1969. First edition with full number line and code A3450 on lower rear panel. Lacking jacket else a fine and bright copy in custom mylar cover..
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

by Carle, Eric

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Cleveland: World Publishing, 1969. First edition, first printing of Carle's most recognizable work (with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board). Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket price-clipped dust jacket. "Eric Carle was one of the first illustrators intrigued with the idea of introducing natural science concepts to young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has remained in print for [over] 25 years, attesting to its popularity" (Silvey, 120). The Very Hungry Caterpillar was originally published in 1969 and has since sold over 30 million copies and was voted the number two children's picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

by Carle, Eric

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New York: Philomel, 1994. Eric Carle was one of the first illustrators intrigued with the idea of introducing natural science concepts to young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has remained in print for [over] 25 years, attesting to its popularity" (Silvey, 120). The Very Hungry Caterpillar was originally published in 1969 and has since sold over 30 million copies.
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

by Carle, Eric

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First Edition First Printing.
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New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company. Hardcover. Good+. First edition, first printing with number line reading 1-5 on copyright page, and A3450 code on rearboard. Good+ lacking the dust jacket. . Good+. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing.. 1969.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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World Publishing. First edition published by World Publishing Cleveland in 1969. This being the US first and true first edition with the code A3450 on the reverse, shown as being printed in Japan and complete number string down to 1. This copy is in very good condition. It does not have its dust wrapper. The boards are in the main clean with only the odd light mark and mild rippling to the right hand edge of the front board. The boards are gently bowed. There is a neat inscription to the top left hand corner of the leaf opposite the title page. The string binding is shaken in places but all pages are held by it. There is the very occasional small mark to the odd page. Overall a very good copy. Now presented in a loose protective cover.  One of the greatest children's books of all time, selling over 50 million copies and being translated into 60 different languages. It has won many awards and been adapted for TV. This is where it all began, published first in the US in… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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first edition
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first edition first printing hardcover (The World Publishing Company, 1969); no dust jacket; prior owner title page corner; text has no prior owner marks but some pages have age tone, light soil; binding shaken but no loose pages; glazed illustrated boards worn at corners and spine ends (little fraying); panels have shelf rub (scratches);dust jacket missing SoWll
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

by Carle, Eric

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Oblong quarto, original illustrated cloth over boards. Unpaginated with [28] pp.
First edition, first printing of this high-point of 20th century childrens' picture books. Complete number-line [1-5 / 73-69] on copyright page, number A3450 at lower corner of rear cover. White spine with black titling.
The story of a caterpillar's journey toward metamorphosis traveling through a series of die-cut holes in six of the leaves (four of which are trimmed to shorter lengths) before constructing his cocoon and emerging a butterfly. Grolier Children's 100, No. 99.
CONDITION: Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth lightly soiled, gift inscription in ink opposite title page. Several small stray pencil marks to front and back cover [the latter showing evidence of erasure but no damage], occasional surface scratches and minor blemishes, very light rubbing to spine ends; 1/16" chip top inside of rear board; 3/8" bump and tiny crack at bottom of front board; Binding a bit slack, with stitching omewhat exposed at pp.… Read More
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

by Carle, Eric

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1st UK edition.
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Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1970. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Carle, Eric. Very good condition with no wrapper. Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Watch as the caterpillar eats his way through the book! Some slight wear to cover edges. A few light foxspots and some light page browning to contents else clean, without names or inscriptions.
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Den Sultne larve Aldrigmaet [The Very Hungry Caterpillar]

Den Sultne larve Aldrigmaet [The Very Hungry Caterpillar]

by CARLE, Eric

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[No place]: Borgen / (Gerhard Stalling Verlag), 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Danish edition, printed in Germany. Oblong thin quarto. Glossy boards. Text in Danish, translated from the German (which was translated from the English). Fine, without dustwrapper, possibly as issued. A beautiful copy of a children's classic.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8.5" by 12". Eric Carle. The first U.K. edition of this bestselling work, a charming tale for children following a baby caterpillar on his feasting adventures. The uncommon to see first U.K. edition of this popular work. One day, a tiny and very hungry caterpillar hatches and embarks on a search to find something to eat, gorging on feast after feast for the following five days.The caterpillar eats apples, pears, plums, strawberries, oranges, chocolate cake, an ice cream come, a pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, a lollipop, cherry pie, sausage, cupcake, and watermelon, growing and developing a bad stomach ache before building himself a cocoon.Illustrated colourfully throughout. Written and illustrated by Eric Carle, who is best known for this work.'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards.… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First UK edition, first printing. Original laminated pictorial boards, issued without dustwrapper. Colour illustrations complete and excellent, small stains at foot of spine and rear cover, oblong 4to 1970.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Carle, Eric

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Philomel Books, 1994 First board book edition, 1994. Signed by Carle with his trademark drawing of a caterpillar. Slight shelfwear.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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London: Hamish Hamilton. 4th printing (1972). 22pp. VG/VG copy, binding square and tight, minor crushing to spine ends, jacket very lightly edgeworn with approx 1cm closed tears to both rear corners, some light toning to jacket, now preserved in mylar jacket protector. Pencil name to ffep of Juliet Gowing, daughter of English Establishment artist Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991) . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1972.
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

by Carle, Eric

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Hardcover
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New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [c. 1979]. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, unpaginated; VG-/G+; spine white with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$6.95', tape residue to upper edge of front cover, small water-drop marks to lower front hinge, large creases along upper rear hinge, closed tear to upper rear hinge; Early Reprint, with ISBN, no number line, and A3450 on the rear board and rear cover of dust jacket; shelved case 2. 1365091. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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