first edition Hardcover
1981 · Boston
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Oblong folio. A tiny owner name on the front pastedown, fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper, with a discreet 2" tear on the rear panel. A nice copy of the author's very scarce second book, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Basis for the Joe Johnston film with Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and a young Kirsten Dunst.
(Inventory #: 88476)