Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

New York/Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Join Eric Carle's hungry caterpillar on his metamorphosis into a butterfly in the first printing of this beloved children's picture book. Oblong shape, bright illustrations on boards, brilliant colorful end pages. No dust jacket. The pages that contain a series of die-cut holes in six of the leaves have blue crayon numbers 1-5. the child who wrote the numbers was James Linbloom, son of Nancy Willard, an award winning author and illustrator. Small brown mark on dedication and colophon pages. Complete number line (1-5/73-69). 



. Very Good. Item #46

Price: $1,100.00