Take Ten by Shel Silverstein - 1955

Tokyo: Pacific Stars and Stripes. Good. Pictorial boards. 1955. 1st printing. 1st edition. 8vo, white pictorial boards. . st book; a collection of cartoons drawn for Stars and Stripes whi le P.F.C. Silverstein was stationed in Japan. In its now scarce original mailing box. . s a clean, copy overall but for some reason the front end papers were used to score a bridge game. [see photo] Darkened on top edg e and at spine ends from tarnishing of the staples in the box cor ners with some very light rubbing at spine ends; lightly cocked. The box was used to mail the book stateside in August 1955; inke d mailing addresses and substantial scotch tape reinforcement on both sides. [The tape was used to reinforce the box for mailing; it is not damaged.] . 1961, the recipient “Pete Christus Jr. of Boonville bought the champion ham at the Boone County Fair from … for $292.50 and is sending the ham to President John F. Kennedy.” Christus opera ted Pete’s Café at the Rocheport exit on Interstate 70. This clearly doesn’t increase the value of the book; just thought Iâ €™d share the provenance. . ed, as here, without a dust jacket. The mailing box was replaced by a dustjacket in 1956. .