Slagboom Teco Illustrator (2 results)

vg/vg, prev bookplate/gift inscript/lite shelfwear, dj chipped. size approx 6x8 with 254 pages, by the author of the Peregrine Falcon & winner of Dutton Animal Book award. Illustrated by full page drawings. 3rd printing edition. Binding is green cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind-stamped image of dog on cover, black lettering on spine. Small bump to one lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, with clean unmarked endpapers. Illustrations by Teco Slagboom. 254 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, tiny chips at spine ends; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A story of nature and young adulthood in this story of a boy from Richmond, Virginia going through adolescence in the early 1900's. A boy, a dog, an old man named Ben and their magic world at the Pond. Winner of the 1964 Dutton Animal Book Award. Teco Slagboom, Illustrator (illustrator).…