The Ballad Of the Burglar Of Babylon

First edition in a very good price clipped dust jacket protected in mylar. Minor toning to top edges. Illustrated with color woodcuts. Inscribed by the illustrator Ann Grifalconi with somewhat an ominous tone for the era - "For a better world to live instead of die in". Scarce, especially signed.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux , 1968 . First Edition . NF/VG . Oblong 8VO . A scarce and very dark poem for children by Bishop. Atmosperic and very appropriate woodcuts by Grifalconi. The ballad of the escape, hunt for, and eventual gunning down of a robber and murderer in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. … Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First edition, 1968. Significant foxing in beige cloth boards. Missing dust jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall (oblong).

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.