Search Results: Authors starting with Y from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Viking Press, 1967 Beige cloth stamped and titled in blue, bottom corner bumped, one page with small mended tear else clean; color pictorial dust jacket with a few creased edge tears, edge wear, price intact ($4.95). A story within a story. A group of children, led by their teacher, visit an island and are told the story of Urashima, a fisherman who saves a giant sea tortoise. Dreamy color artwork throughout. Caldecott Honor.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Taro Yashima. Oblong 4to.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1960 Blue cloth with light wear and indent to front cover; pictorial dust jacket is worn with a long slice to front panel, price clipped. The story of a kit fox, its parents and a little boy. Two-color illustrations by Yashima throughout. Scarce.. Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Minus. Illus. by Taro Yashima. 8vo.

San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 Boards with cloth spine, color illustrated dust jacket. Dove Isabeau is transformed to a hideous beast and only the kiss of true love can break the spell. Stunning artwork in color. This copy is inscribed by Jane Yolen on the dedication page. Inscribed By Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Dennis Nolan. 4to.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1994 Pictorial boards in dust jacket with price intact ($15.95). A wonderful fairy tale in the vein of Sleeping Beauty. Color artwork by Jane Dyer throughout. This copy is inscribed by both Jane Yolen and Jane Dyer.. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jane Dyer. 4to.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983 Brown cloth hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with a paper clip impression in front panel and light wear at folds, original price intact ($11.95). The strange story of Irv Irving, who wakes up one morning to find he has, literally, lost his head. There's a moral, of course. Fabulous color artwork by Richard Egielski who would go on to win the Caldecott Medal for the book Hey, Al. This copy comes from the collection of Jane Byers Bierhorst who taught a children's book illustration course Egielski attended at Parsons School of Design. . Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Richard Egielski. Small 4to.

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1977 Bound in cream cloth in a pictorial dust jacket. The story of a giant who is too big for the world; the citizens of the world hire a giant killer..the result changes their world forever. The first book children's books by Yorinks/Egielski, who would go on to win the Caldecott Medal for Hey, Al!. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1957 Orange cloth in illustrated dust jacket with wear and edge tears. More comic stories of this well-known trickster of the Alps. Illustrated in b&w.. Probable First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jane Frank. Small 4to.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1995 Hard cover with remainder mark to top edge; illustrated dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, original price intact ($15.95). Beautiful color artwork by Ed Young throughout.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ed Young. Square 4to. Remainder.

New York: Collins + World, 1978 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with minor surface rubbing. A chinese tale to be read and retold using puppets, the patterns for which are at the rear of the book. Dreamy color artwork by Young.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ed Young. Small Square 4to.

New York: Philomel Books (1992). Pictorial Boards in matching dust jacket. A story about seeing the whole as opposed to the parts. Illustrated with cut paper artwork. Caldecott Honor.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Large Square 4to.

New York: Philomel Books, 1993 Glossy red hardcover in color illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($14.95). Early one morning Wei Gu meets an old man from the spirit world who tells the young bachelor about his future bride and their life together. Lovely color artwork throughout.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. 4to.