signed first edition pictorial broads in unclipped dj
1949 · New Yoek
by MARGARET WISE BROWN (Author). JEAN CHARLOT (Illustrator)
A VERY SCARCE CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITTEN BY MARGARET WISE BROWN, AN AUTHOR WHO KNEW HOW TO SPEAK TO THE YOUNG CHILD. JEAN CHARLOT, ONE OF HER PERFECT ILLUSTRATORS, EXPRESSES THROUGH HIS ART - WHAT A TRAIN RIDE TO THE WEST CAN ENCOUNTER.
THIS COPY IS MADE VERY SPECIAL BY AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY JEAN CHARLOT. CHARLOT HAS INSCRIBED THE DRAWING TO HIS FRIENDS "FROM THE CHARLOTS HAWAII. 1949" WHICH IS WRITTEN AROUND THE FUN, FULL-PAGE DRAWING.
Jean Charlot's stylized illustrations are in color (pink, purple, rust, brown) and b/w. The reader can really feel the train's journeys across different terrains, weather - not to mention how it is to enter a tunnel. NY:Wiliam R. Scott, 1949, First edition.
4to, beautiful, bright pictorial boards which the dust jacket matches. Book corners & edge lightly rubbed and the spine is cocked. DJ is unclipped and bright. VG/VG+. A Bright Copy.
Plz note: Book is much brighter than the pictures are showing.) (Inventory #: 76)
THIS COPY IS MADE VERY SPECIAL BY AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY JEAN CHARLOT. CHARLOT HAS INSCRIBED THE DRAWING TO HIS FRIENDS "FROM THE CHARLOTS HAWAII. 1949" WHICH IS WRITTEN AROUND THE FUN, FULL-PAGE DRAWING.
Jean Charlot's stylized illustrations are in color (pink, purple, rust, brown) and b/w. The reader can really feel the train's journeys across different terrains, weather - not to mention how it is to enter a tunnel. NY:Wiliam R. Scott, 1949, First edition.
4to, beautiful, bright pictorial boards which the dust jacket matches. Book corners & edge lightly rubbed and the spine is cocked. DJ is unclipped and bright. VG/VG+. A Bright Copy.
Plz note: Book is much brighter than the pictures are showing.) (Inventory #: 76)