Search Results: the adventures of otto in texas by pene du bois

New York: Viking Press, 1959. A square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Regretfully, no Dust Jacket. Beautifully illustrated in full-color by the author. Full-color illustrated endpapers. The gifted author and illustrator, William Pene du Bois is a winner of the coveted Newberry Medal and twice received Caldecott Honors. In this beloved children's story, Otto the giant dog goes to Texas to visit a tycoon who is plagued by oil rustlers. Otto also digs up some dinosaur bones. First printing with "First published in 1959 by The Viking Press Inc. 625 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y." so stated on the copyright page. See: Bader's AMERICAN PICTUREBOOKS, page 182. Original two-tone cloth (red and tan). Spine is tan with red lettering and decorations. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by William Pene du Bois . 8vo. 45pp.

Leicester, Brockhampton, 1961.. FIRST UK EDITION 1961, 250 x 168 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, buff boards, gilt vignette and lettering, illustrated rear endpapers, 45 pages. Enchanting coloured illustration throughout. The giant puppy foils the 3 grandmas alias the oil rustlers. Front endpaper just faintly browned, no inscriptions, tiny bookseller's label on front pastedown, a near Fine clean copy in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped (12/6) but small corners cut off front inner flap, 3 small closed edge tears to upper panel, very slight rub to head and tail of spine and corners, lower panel slightly dusty). First published in the U.S. in 1959. First editions, UK or US, are uncommon in dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.