HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

by Crockett Johnson

$4,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1955. First printing. First edition of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact. Very good plus in very good jacket. Item #39423 Legendary children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom nearly turned down this book, which she later viewed as an instructive error in judgment.

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