Around the World with the Alphabet
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935, 1st nap; cream paper boards with a stage and workmen hanging Japanese lanterns with the title letters with Xanadu in the background; each spread has two column text facing coloured illustration, in jacket wtih a different picture, the author sailing off from a tropical aisle, the sail is a giant plume in an inkwell; 9.75. Picture Book Hardback.
"I would like to see the kids of America have at least one book of their own that was just written and drawn for the fun of it" HvL .Drawn with the artist's toddler grandson on his lap, chatting about the squirrels outside the window. Not an educational trip round the world, but cities and places chosen for the artist's own reasons Athens, Borobudur, Carcassonne, Delft, Eddystone Xanadu. Along the way, the grandfather sets down interesting stories for his grandson to read in the future, and records his thoughts on religion, stubbornness, and other things. Some very stereotypical bits.
CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; no names even in cartouches, loosening, the book looks Fine at first glance with very clean cream boards and paper, including the plain back, but all extrems are rubbed through; in clean cream jacket with small chips to all extremities, toned spine; unclipped 1.00. Item #22723
$145