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Sell or Auction Your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st Edition for up to Nearly $7,500 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions

ByNate D Sanders December 18, 2019August 12, 2021

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FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

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Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a children’s classic that follows the lifecycle and peculiar dietary choices of a caterpillar hatchling before metamorphosing into a butterfly. The book first was published in 1969 and has sold nearly 50 million copies and been translated into at least 40 languages. The title was named a “Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children” and has won numerous awards including the Nakamori Reader’s Prize in Japan in 1975 and an American Institute of Graphic Arts Award in 1970.

Below is a recent realized price for a first edition copy of Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st Edition. Sold for Nearly $7,500.

Nate D. Sanders Auctions has sold the following first edition children’s books:

Antoine de Saint-Exupery Little Prince Signed Book Limited First Edition — One of Only 525 Signed Copies — Near Fine Condition

One of only 525 limited edition copies of Antoine de Saint-Exupery Little Prince signed book. First edition, published by Reynal & Hitchcock: New York: 1943. First edition signed copies are limited to 525 copies, of which this is number 271. In publisher’s red-stamped salmon cloth boards. Very minor foxing to limitation page and shallow crease to the bottom corner of the last three leaves. In the first issue dustjacket, with “$2.00” on front flap; small chips to spine ends, darkened spine and minor toning to front and rear panels. A near fine copy, housed in a custom gray cloth clamshell box.  Sold for $9,601.

Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Little Prince Signed Book Limited First Edition. Click to enlarge.

Auction your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Send a description and images of your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition to us at [email protected].

Roald Dahl Signed First Edition of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” — Inscribed to Eunice Kennedy Shriver — “For Eunice and all her children with love from Roald Dahl May 1965”

Very rare signed copy of Roald Dahl’s classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” inscribed to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1964. First edition (the American edition preceded the English edition by three years), first issue (with the six-line colophon), illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Unusually inscribed on the front free endpaper, “For Eunice and all her children with love from Roald Dahl May 1965”. In the publisher’s original red cloth, with blindstamped title on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge stained red/purple, and mustard colored endpapers. Some paper residue from the dampstained dustjacket has adhered to areas of the cloth along board edges and spine; water droplet stains to top page edges. Some discoloration from dampstaining to top margin of front free endpaper, not intruding into inscription. Else, contents bright and unaffected by any moisture damage. In the original first issue color pictorial dustjacket, with no ISBN number on the rear panel and with the price $3.95 on the front flap. Jacket is rubbed, with some small chips along top edge, light creasing and some dampstaining, most discernible on verso. In overall very good or better condition. A wonderful association copy of a children’s classic, inscribed by the author. From the library at Hickory Hill, home of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. Sold for $7,866.

Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition
Signed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1st Edition. Click to enlarge.

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Signed & Hand-Illustrated Copy of ”Curious George Goes to The Hospital” — H.A. Rey Inks a Sketch of George With a Dog

Authors H.A. & Margret Rey sign this copy of ”Curious George Goes to the Hospital”, and H.A. Rey sketches the curious little monkey playing ball with a dog. Houghton Mifflin: Boston: 1966. The authors of the popular children’s book inscribe the front free endpaper: ”To the Chapmans – human and canine – with all the best wishes! / from Margret Rey / H.A. Rey / June 23, 1967”. This first edition, second printing is complete with its original yellow dustjacket housing yellow cloth boards and illustrated pastedowns. Runs 48pp. and measures 7.25” x 9.25”. Staining to dustjacket and to bottom edges of book. Very good. Sold for $3,125.

Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition
Signed Curious George 1st Edition. Click to enlarge.

FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). Top dollar obtained for your Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st edition.

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