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HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

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HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

by Johnson, Crockett

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Very good plus in very good jacket.
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[New York]: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact. Legendary children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom nearly turned down this book, which she later viewed as an instructive error in judgment. Besides becoming immediate bestsellers, the minimalist Harold books - simultaneously simple and profound - have become an influential favorite of many other artists and authors: in his 1982 acceptance speech for the Caldecott Award for JUMANJI, Chris Van Allsburg explicitly thanks "Harold, for his purple crayon"; Maurice Sendak praised the "supreme inventiveness" of Harold; Rita Dove recalled the book as her earliest favorite, and names Harold in her poem "Maple Valley Branch Library, 1967." A terrific copy of perhaps the perfect children's book. 5.75'' x 4.5''. Original quarter black cloth, color pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($1.50, lower corner) brown and purple pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Johnson in black and purple on every page. [64] pages. Early ink ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Book with bumping to corners, otherwise quite fresh; jacket with some shallow edgewear, most notably at spine ends and corners, with a small chip on rear bottom corner: spine unfaded.

Synopsis

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's book by Crockett Johnson. Johnson's most popular book, it led to a series of books, and inspired many adaptations.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
39423
Title
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
Author
Johnson, Crockett
Book Condition
Used - Very good plus in very good jacket.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First printing
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication
[New York]
Date Published
1955
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
20th century,American,Picture Book,Fantasy

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