Sleepy ABC.
New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepherd, 1953, 1st nap; dark teal boards with moon and a sleeping child flying under the stars, hot pink titles, green and pink quilt endpapers; (replacement jacket identical to boards); 7.9x9.4. Picture Book hardback.
A lovely book with wonderful deep colours, published in the year following Brown's untimely death. The text from each letter is repeated on a page at the end and makes a touching goodnight poem.
CONDITION: Good Plus without the original jacket; faded school stamp eps, no other signs, (trade edition with pictorial cover); creases and edges rubbed to white, corners to card, professionally recased, previous 3/8" chips on spine ends mounted on dark blue, very light soil to bottom board, endpapers in nice shape, pages perfectly flat and clean; comes with an older ($2.00) jacket, with very nice colour, 1" tear, no chips. Item #17466
$140