Lois Lenski / GRANDMOTHER TIPPYTOE Signed 1st Edition 1931
Signed first printing of this fantastic tale of a GRANDMOTHER TIPPYTOE's search for her misplaced magical golden needle, with the help of her chatty pet parrot. GRANDMOTHER TIPPYTOE lived all alone in a little house - all alone except for her parrot who was called Soloman.
"Lois Lenski had a huge impact upon people of a certain age, " notes PUBLISHERS WEEKLY; a generation of Americans "were shaped by" her stories and illustrations. Critics were also fans: she earned two Newbery Honors and a Newbery Medal in the later 1930s and'40s. GRANDMOTHER TIPPYTOE is a scarce and charming example of Lenski's early work, especially difficult to find signed.Read more: Claire Kirch, "Lois Lenski Biography Provides Intimate Portrait of an Elusive Author, " Publishers Weekly 14 July 2016. Original purple cloth binding with color pictorial paste-on.
Pictorial endpapers of grandmotherly ornaments. Color frontispiece with tissue guard with 7 color plates and various black-and-white illustrations. Signed by Lenski to half-title.
Binding with some sunning to spine end edges, a few tiny spots of soil; area of discoloration to rear. Leaves with a hint of toning to margins.
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