first edition
1979 · Boston
by Van Allsburg, Chris
Boston: Houghton Milfflin Company, 1979. First edition. Fine in about-fine jacket.. First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, a beautiful copy. A strange tale about a young boy named Alan who, while trying to find his dog Fritz, encounters Abdul the magician. Illustrated with fascinating and unusual full page illustrations. An amazing copy. 9.5'' x 11.5''. Original cream cloth, blind-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Navy endpapers. Illustrated by Van Allsburg with full-page black-and-white plates. [32] pages. Spine gently sunned, else clean and fresh.
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