Inscribed first printing of this tale of the larger-than-life US American hero, with lush illustrations by Jerry Pinkney — the 1995 Caldecott Medal winner.
Fine in fine jacket.
Price: $85.00
Winner of five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Caldecott Honors, a Caldecott Medal (for THE LION AND THE MOUSE), and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Jerry Pinkney was a prolific author and illustrator of children's literature, and one of the preeminent artists in the field. "Jerry used his talent as one of America's great watercolorists to tell stories in pictures [...]with the goal of moving society to a better place," said William R. Valerio, director of Woodmere Art Museum, at time of Pinkney's death in 2021.
Read more: Neil Genzlinger, "Jerry Pinkney, Acclaimed Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 81," The New York Times.
First edition. New York: Dial Books For Young Readers, (1994). 11.5'' x 9.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($16.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Inscribed by Pinkney, dated '95, to half title.
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