RAMONA THE BRAVE
Inscribed first edition of the third book in the classic RAMONA series, and the first to feature Alan Tiegreen's illustrations.
Near fine in a near fine jacket
Price: $1,250.00
RAMONA THE BRAVE
"Nobody understood what is was like to be six-years-old and the littlest in the family."
Ramona Quimby first appeared as a minor side character in Clearly's HENRY HUGGINS (1950), eventually growing into a protagonist capable of sustaining her own decades-spanning series, first with BEEZUS AND RAMONA (1955) and then RAMONA THE PEST (1968). The gap between the first two Ramona books and the return to her as protagonist is significant; Cleary came back to the character with something richer to say not just about childhood, but adulthood as well. Mrs. Quimby, influenced by the feminist movement, gets a job to help support the household ("You're going to be liberated!" Ramona's brother Beezus tells their mother), and Ramona struggles with the fear of being genuinely courageous rather than merely performing bravery, as well as the discovery that adults — even teachers — can be unfair. Ramona's first-grade instructor Mrs. Griggs is decidedly unsympathetic, and her stern authority is handled without easy resolution. The humiliation and anxiety of being misunderstood by someone in authority is allowed simply to exist, an emotional complexity that became characteristic of Cleary's approach for the remainder of her career. A pivotal book for this beloved author, it is increasingly uncommon in its first printing, and scarce signed.
The Object
First printing. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1975. 8'' x 5.5''. Original red pictorial boards. In original unclipped (no price, the library issue) color pictorial jacket. 192 pages. Inscribed by Clearly on the half title page: "Especially for David with love / from the author, / Beverly Cleary." Trace rubbing, toning, shelfwear. Else bright and sound.
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