Rare 1st Edition April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry

This 1940 first edition book features an intact original dust jacket, showing age and wear along the edges and spine. The author, who received the Caldecott Honor for four books, including this one, helped popularize Japanese-style watercolor in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Published by Harper and Brothers with hand-set plates in New Jersey, the book has been owned by the same family since its publication. The owner's name and address from the same era are recorded on the front free endpaper. Stored in a climate-controlled, non-smoking environment, the book will be carefully packed and shipped.