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William Pène du Bois

The 21 Balloons

Viking

1947

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First-edition illustrated copy of The 21 Balloons, du Bois's best-known text that won him the 1948 Newbery Medal, and includes an inscribed watercolor drawing by him.

  • William Pène du Bois (American).
  • New York: Viking, [April], 1947.
  • 180 pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Fine watercolor on front free endpaper reads "To Barbar & Leonard (with them in a balloon seated with a bottle of wine) William Pène du Bois, March, 1947 (pre-publication)."
  • Bound with red cloth spine and patterned boards.

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Spine has irregular discoloration.

Repaired dust jacket.

Feature(s)

Dust Jacket, First Edition, Signed

Language

English

Subject

Illustrated, Modern first editions, Drawings and watercolours, Childrens

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