The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

First edition, first printing of Carle's most recognizable work (with an unclipped dust jacket and with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board) in an exceptionally rare unclipped dust jacket with two paragraphs on the front flap, photograph of Carle with his two children to the rear flap with blurb mentioning only his first book, "1,2,3 to the Zoo", The World Publishing Company New York and Cleveland at bottom of both flaps and A3450 on rear flap (Grolier). Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page with an original drawing of a caterpillar. Fine in a fine dust jacket with $4.25 on the top flap and $3.97 on the bottom flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are exceedingly rare, with only a handful of un-clipped dust jackets known.