Description
No dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. The Near Fine binding is red cloth over boards with embossed title, gilt lettering on spine. Black-and-white illustrations by William Steig. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 11.2″ tall x 11.2″ wide.
Stated “First Edition, 1979”
About the illustrator (from Wikipedia)
William Steig November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children’s books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel’s Island, and Doctor De Soto. He was the U.S. nominee for the biennial and international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as both a children’s book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
