signed first edition
1974 · New York
by Brown, Marcia
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Fine in very good envelope.. Rare suite of prints for Brown's luscious ABC picture book, from endpapers to "Your Zoo" - including an additional signed print of "Cat Dance." Brown, a graduate of the New York State College for Teachers (later SUNY Albany) worked as a high school teacher and children's librarian for several years while writing and illustrating; over the course of her career she garnered three Caldecott Medals and was a Caldecott finalist for six other books. Brown worked in several media and had a particular affinity for woodcuts.
The prints here reproduce each spread of ALL BUTTERFLIES, given full play in this clean, continuous format that has none of the distortion or visual loss in the gutter of the images in bound form. Extremely scarce in commerce; we trace only one copy to come to market in the 21st century. Striking. Prints 11'' x 17.5'' each. 15 prints, loose as issued, in publisher's printed envelope. One "Cat Dance" print signed in ink by Brown. Envelope with marginal toning, some short closed tears, minor chipping. Prints bright and clean. (Inventory #: 52339)
The prints here reproduce each spread of ALL BUTTERFLIES, given full play in this clean, continuous format that has none of the distortion or visual loss in the gutter of the images in bound form. Extremely scarce in commerce; we trace only one copy to come to market in the 21st century. Striking. Prints 11'' x 17.5'' each. 15 prints, loose as issued, in publisher's printed envelope. One "Cat Dance" print signed in ink by Brown. Envelope with marginal toning, some short closed tears, minor chipping. Prints bright and clean. (Inventory #: 52339)
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