The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was In It
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967. Harriet PINCUS. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Harriet PINCUS, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo oblong; [28]pp; green textured paper over board, lion wearing a chef’s hat and carrying a cake stamped in black on the front, lettering in black on spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp and color pictorial title page; clipped color pictorial dust jacket with a $3.25 price on the front flap, small closed tear to bottom front, crease to rear jacket fore edge with chips, chip to spine, age-toned edges; fine in very good plus dj. Item #2123
One of Carl Sandburg’s (1878-1967) Rootabaga Stories, first published in 1922. Sandburg was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, biographer, and journalist whose work influenced the early to mid-20th century. Colorful and imaginative illustrations throughout by Harriet Pincus (b. 1938), whose papers are housed in the du Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Price: $150.00