HANDFORTH, Thomas.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Mei Li. First edition, signed by the author on the first blank. Mei Li won the Caldecott Medal for 1939 and is an early example of a US children's book with an Asian main character. This copy has the bookplate of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980), the first full-time children's librarian at the New York Public Library. Carter was on the Caldecott selection committee in its early years.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.