First edition of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Price: $4,500.00
"Elements that most distinguish Burton's work are her intricate theory of design [... and] her sense of the wholeness of the book, that is, the relationship of successive pages." – Anita Silvey
Along with Sendak and McCloskey, Burton is among the handful of picture book creators whose talents were equally accomplished in both roles, as author and artist. Burton was a perfectionist obsessed with design theory, which she explored in the deceptively simple format. MIKE MULLIGAN is acclaimed for its attention to the small details, while maintaining a clear and spirited through-line: "The wonder is that she achieved what she wanted without losing the spontaneity," noted Barbara Bader. As a result, her books are often read to tatters and not many collectible first editions of this title exist. An exceptionally nice copy.
Read more: Bader, American Picturebooks, 199-201; Silvey, Children's Books and Their Creators, 109.
First printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. 8.5'' x 9.5''. Original tan pictorial cloth. In original price-clipped red pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers. [44] pages. A few tiny margin mends and hinge wear in an amazingly bright jacket with only a few tiny closed edge tears and.25'' chip to spine head. Short split to title page gutter (see images), but firm. Cloth fresh.
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