New York: William Collins Publishers, Inc., 1979. 1st edition. 10 3/4" x 7 3/4" [12] pop up, Pop-up book. $5.95 / £2.95 on back. This gift copy inscribed to Tasha [Brown] Hancock, Ned HIlls' niece. Provenance: Tasha [Brown] Hancock auction September 2016. Inscribed at the upper right corner of page..... More
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1946. 1st edition. 4 5/8" x 4" [46] pp. An extraordinarily pristine clean and tight copy of the last of the "Calico books." The dust jacket's lower front corner is price clipped. this correlates with Thomas McCready's penciled re-pricing of thre first three titles on..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. Reprint 2nd printing 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3. 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" [32]pp.+ endpapers. This is not an exact reprint of the original book. Simon & Schuster has emphasized purple throughout. The dust jacket and..... More
Moorseville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1988. First Edition. 4" x 3" A replica of a sample book of valentines that could be be ordered by Tasha's children. This must have been the very first distribution to have been numbered and dated in 1988. The first advertising was in a February..... More
Np: Rand McNally & Company, 1975. 1st Rand McNally edition. First printing, 1975. 12" x 9 1/4" [60] pp. This is a FINE copy of the first enlarged edition illustrated by Tudor. This copy is rare with two related signatures: Tudor's on the half title, and her long-time friend and..... More
North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. September 24, 2015. 6" x 8 1/4" [52] pp. A Window into the Private Humor of Tasha Tudor. This posthumous work was commissioned by Tasha Tudor's younger son Thomas M. Tudor in 2013. Tudor's original country tale in cartoons was digitally colored..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. 1st reprint by S&S 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. 7 1/16" x 8 15/16" [60] pp. Redesigned title page, cover and half title. The entire text is also printed as a poem on pages [56-57]..... More
Mooresville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1991. 30th anniversary edition. 10 1/4" x 8 1/8" 48 pp. This is a pristine book whose dust jacket shows just the slightest rubbing along the spine. A very nice sample of this much sought-after book. Signed and dated by Author/Illustrator, on the front free..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. 1st edition. 10 3/4" x 8 3/4" 160 pp. 5th line of page 10 includes the word "consider-able". A FINE copy with Tudor's signature and a copy of "Corgi Cottage Garden" laid in. The latter is an 8" x 10" print of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1960. 4th Printing 1967. 10 1/4" x 8 3/16" 47 pp. + [7] pp. A very clean library binding of the last printing from Viking. This copy is special for two signatures: Tasha Tudor and Gretchen Brown. Gretchen Brown was a niece of Tudor's patron..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 1979. 5th printing ca. 1988. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" [96] pp. + ep, Smooth green paper cover over wheat cloth spine. A large CHAPTER 1 from a rubber stamp on each endpaper. And beneath the first is penned "Teacher." This was apparently a particular school..... More
Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. 1st edition. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 9 1/4"x 8 3/16" 122 + [4] pp. This is the book as issued by the Jenny Wren Press with a signed oval tea party sticker on the front..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 1st edition SFE 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 10 13/16" x 8 7/8" 152 pp. This is a fine copy of the book signed by Tudor beneath the illustration on the half-title, page [1]. There is an odd binding anomoly..... More
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1941. 5th printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 on verso of title page. 6 5/8" x 6 3/4" [40] pp. Price $6.95 top of front dust jacket flap. This is a very nice copy of the Walck reprint. The dust jacket has light..... More
Mooresville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1994. Jenny Wren reprint "Special Edition" 9 1/4" x 7" [72] pp. The second page after the end of the text carries a full-page advertisement for the Jenny Wren Press with a black and white drawing of three people at a lamp-lit table. Decorative dust..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 1979. 1st edition, 2nd printing 1981. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" [96] pp. Dust jacket includes $10.95 price. Tasha and Bethany signed on the title page. Tasha dated her signature 1983. Bethany probably signed at the same time. There is also a personal inscription on page..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. 1st edition, 3rd printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. 10 3/4 x 8 3/4" 134pp. Photographs by Brown. Text and illustration by Tudor. This FINE copy has slight bumps and an abrasion on the corners. It is enhanced by being signed..... More
New York: Platt & Munk, 1977. 3rd state binding. 12 1/4" x 10 1/4" [44] pp. This printing is before 1980 and without pricing printed on the back cover. A more uncommon version of the binding. This is a unique association copy which Tudor inscribed to Pat Parzick who published..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978. 1st edition. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2" [54]pp. $7.95 price on dj. This is an association copy signed by Tudor AND Allen to the owner/book seller and owner of The Corgi Shop, Lanesboro, MA, Pat Parzick. Mrs. Parzick commissioned the prints BLOWING BUBBLES..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. 11th printing, ca. 2003. 10 3/4 x 8 3/4" 134pp. Photographs by Brown. Text and illustration by Tudor. Dust jacket carries an added sticker on the front flap with this legend: Signed Copy $48.00 | PO Box 503 Marlboro, VT | www.tashatudor.com. This would..... More
Mooresville, IN: Jenny Wren Press, 1989. 1st. 4" x 3" [44] pp. including wrapper. Reproduction of Tudor original from 1950s. Signed in ink at top of title page: Tasha Tudor 1989. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. 1st edition, 5th printing 1994. 10 3/4 x 8 3/4" 134 pp. Photographs by Brown. Text and illustration by Tudor. Very slightest skuffing to the dust jacket. The book is pristine and is signed on the half-title: To Rebecca Greeting! Tasha Tudor 1994. A...... More
New York and Cleveland: Collins + World, 1978. 1st edition. 7 5/16" x 7 7/8" [28] pp. A FINE clean copy of one of the more uncommon titles by Efner Holmes. Her mother painted some of the illustrations in the blue tints reminiscent of the early White Goose pictures. This..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. 1st edition. 2nd printing 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 7 1/4" x 7 13/16" [28] pp. This is the trade binding for the second printing, so numbered on the title page verso. A pristine copy. Signed by the author... More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. 1st edition, library binding. 6 3/4 "x 8 5/8" [36] pp. with decorated endpapers. Six library markings including a card pocket still glued to the rear free endpaper. Some paper cracking at the hinges. Signed by the author on the title..... More