DUST DEVIL

New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2010. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this larger-than-life tale of a larger-than-average girl in Montana, who learns how to live life in the American West while thwarting a gang of mosquito-riding outlaws. Paul O. Zelinsky is a children's book chameleon. He notes that his art is "recognized by [its] unrecocognizability," and his output exhibits delightful variety: from simple pop-up books to illustrations inspired by the high Renaissance, he has a title for every aesthetic taste (DETROIT FREE PRESS). Zelinsky has earned a Caldecott Medal and three Caldecott Honors. 12'' x 9''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Signed by Zelinsky to title page. Sharp and bright.