A BOAT FOR PEPPE

by Leo Politi

$1,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition · Signed

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Inscribed first edition — with a rich, full-page watercolor painted by Polliti — of this charming picture book about a Sicilian-American fishing family in Monterey, California. Near fine in very good jacket. Item #37860 Politi is known for inscribing books with watercolor elements; however, full-page watercolors with this level of execution are significantly rarer

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