First Edition Identification First Edition Identification Points The Story About Ping; written by Marjorie Flack; illustrated by Kurt Wiese; Viking, 1933. Childrens Picturebook Price Guide: $740 VG+ From Barbara Bader’s the American Picturebook, from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within (page 66): "Ping is a real story, a full story, complete in words, but so … Read more
John Hersey & Theodor Geisel [Following excerpt from Chap. 1, Childrens Picturebook Price Guide] Prior to the publication of his first children’s book in 1937, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (Random House, 1937)), Theodor Seuss Geisel was a prominent and successful humorist illustrator for such magazines as Judge and Life. … Read more
The illustrated book Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans, first appeared in its entirely in the Sept. 4, 1939 issue of Life Magazine. From the article: Madeline is the story of an adorable pipsqeak. It was written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans and will be published on Sept. 5 by Simon & Schuster ($2). Its author came … Read more