first edition
1975 · New York
by Galeron, Henri; Diot, Alain; Richelson, Geraldine
New York: Harlin Quist, 1975. Fine.. First printing of this fantastic story of all the places music can take you... particularly when your front steps have magically turned into piano keys! Publisher Harlin Quist had an eye for the unusual, and an affinity for the avant-garde. Before his series of picture books began in 1967, "few books published for children had collectively raised such consistent debate and discussion, applause and criticism" (Paley, 111). He worked with a variety of artists to create a spectrum of attractive illustrated titles, from the delightfully spooky penwork of Gorey to vibrant and rather psychedelic watercolors of Etienne Delessert (truncated)