(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Selden, George [pseud. of George Thompson.] The Cricket in Times Square. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 8vo, original mauve cloth; pictorial dust jacket, miniscule spot of restoration to verso of bottom edge of front panel affecting tiny portion of one letter, few small nicks to spine panel ends and corners; owner's signature effaced from front-free endpaper. first edition. 1961 Newbery Honors recipient. New York: Ariel Books, Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, (1960)