BAUMAN RARE BOOKS 38 “There’s A Family Of Ducks Walkin’ Down The Street!” 57MCCLOSKEY, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. New York, 1941. Slim folio, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $19,500 First edition of McCloskey’s Caldecott-winning book, beautifully written and illustrated with sepia drawings by him, with the rare original dust jacket. “McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings gives an engaging picture of Boston and tells a story of universal delight for children everywhere” (Meigs, 586). “While he was working on the illustrations… McCloskey realized he needed live models. He bought four mallard chicks at a market and brought them home to his New York City apartment. When he went to Boston to sketch backgrounds, he brought back six more ducks” (Silvey, 443). Book with toning to endpapers from binder’s glue, faint foxing to cloth; scarce unrestored dust jacket toned, with chipping to spine ends and wear to corners. A very good copy. “Just About Perfect, And Just Magical In The Way It Is Done” (Eudora Welty) 58WHITE, E.B. Charlotte’s Web. New York, 1952. Octavo, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $4200 First edition of one of the most delightful and beloved children’s books, a cornerstone of any collection of modern children’s literature. The most celebrated of White’s three children’s books, “Charlotte’s Web is rightly regarded as a modern classic” (Connolly, 322-23). With numerous endearing illustrations by Garth Williams. Anderson, 6. Pages with wrinkling to lower outer corners to about pages 60 to 90, cloth fine; colorful dust jacket extremely good with mild soiling along flap folds, wear to corners and spine ends, very mild toning to spine. An attractive copy.
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