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First edition of the first book in Crockett Johnsonâ s Harold series. 12 mo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket without theÂprice to top of front flap, with code "30-60 / No. 5671A" to front flapÂand "No. 5672A" to rear flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example. Crockett Johnsonâ "a pen name for David Johnson Lieskâ "was â a cartoonist whose simplest, sparest and boldest outlines produced unforgettable, gently humorous and always endearing caricaturesâ ¦ His natural gift for drawing and writing from a young childâ s viewpoint enabled him to craft more than 20 juvenile books,â including this, his most popular one. â With the fewest of lines, Johnson depicts Harold as a toddler clad in sleepers, his chubby hand gripping a fat plum-colored crayon. From page to page, the thick, firm, purple mark delineates Haroldâ s actions against the stark white background so effectively and ingeniously that the crayon is as much a character as Harold. The same economy that informs Johnsonâ s art permeates his text; he writes so concisely of Haroldâ s moonlight stroll that his style perfectly echoes the clarity of his boldly outlined cartoon illustrationsâ (Silvey, 355). Seller Inventory # 107552
Bibliographic Details
Title: Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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