TEN TITLES, INSCRIBED, BY MORDICAI GERSTEIN including the rare GUESS WHAT and Caldecott winner THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS

various. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ten titles written and/ or illustrated by prolific children's book author/ illustrator and Caldecott winner Mordicai Gerstein (1935 -2019), each inscribed by him, some with his author/ illustrator wife, Susan Yard Harris, and their young daughter Risa, to a pair of close friends. Some of the books have original sketches by Gerstein. All are in apparently unread condition in at least near fine dustjackets, all unclipped. . All first printings unless otherwise noted. The lot $625. Reciprocal discount applies. Plus shipping. Mordicai Gerstein and Susan Yard Harris. GUESS WHAT? NY: Crown, 1991. Inscribed by both Mordicai and Susan, and daughter Risa and dated 1992. Scarce title - not listed in books by Gerstein on his Wikipedia entry. ANYTIME MAPLESON AND THE HUNGRY BEARS. NY: Harper & Row, 1991. Illustrated by Harris. Inscribed by both Harris "Sue" and Gerstein "Mordicai" and dated Jan 1992 "with love and wishes for stacks of pancakes and syrup forever" with a sketch of a stack of pancakes with syrup, the topic of the story. THE NEW CREATURES. NY: Harper Collins, 1991. Second printing. Signed with full name by Mordicai and dated Jan 1992, with a sketch of Herman, an old sheepdog, the central character of the story which is on dustjacket cover and title page. THE STORY OF MAY. NY: Harper Collins, 1993. Inscribed by Mordicai "with love" dated 8/93 with a sketch of a girl in a dance of spring. Incidental foxing on half title and rear fly; dj spine slightly faded. THE SHADOW OF FLYING BIRD: A LEGEND FROM KURDISTANI JEWS. NY: Hyperion, 1994 Inscribed by Mordicai and dated 11/12/84 with a sketch of a bird. WHAT CHARLIE HEARD. NY: Farrar, Strauss Giroux, 2002. Inscribed by Gerstein, "let's hear it for noise and music" and dated 03/20/02 THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS. Brookfield,CT: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. The Caldecott winner, without the Caldecott seal. Inscribed "with love" by Mordicai and dated 10/03. A BOOK. NY: Roaring Book Press, 2009. Inscribed by Mordicai. 1/16/2020. I AM PAM. NY: Roaring Book Press, 2016. Inscribed by Moricai - "see you in the movies'' - and dated 12/20/16 THE SLEEPING GYPSY. NY: Holiday House, 2016. Inscribed by Mordicai 12/28/16.