first edition Hardcover
1956 · New York
by Rand, Ann & Paul
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow illustrated cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. Unpaginated [29 pp.] 26 x 22 cm. A masterful collaborative effort by Ann and Paul Rand. Ann, an architect and Paul, an award winning art director fashioned this innovative, modern children's book for their daughter, Catherine. Highlighting brightly colored graphic cut paper techniques, the story helps children realize they really DO know a lot of things. Its rhythm and rhyme reflect the Rands' short and direct writing. Interior clean and crisp. Boards rubbed at head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper with loss to spine, chipping and some toning. Covered in protective mylar.
(Inventory #: 4478)