VICTORIOUS PAINTS THE GREAT BALLOON; By David Francis Birchman / Illustrated by Jonathan Hunt
New York Oxford Singapore Sydney: Bradbury Press / Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing Group, 1991. Jonathan Hunt. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED & DOUBLY SIGNED on half title by the Illustrator: "For Roland, Up, Up and Away! Good Luck to You! / Signed as Jon & as Jonathan Hunt with an ORIGINAL 2" SKETCH of the head of a cheerful DUCK in stocking cap saying "Quack," tall 8vo (8 7/8" x 6 5/8"), blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards; profusely illustrated with a pictorial dedication page and 11 full-page detailed plates: half in color & half in B&W, peach endpapers, 52 pages. Very Fine / Fine. Item #8041
ISBN: 0027101118
David Francis Birchman is a children's author of such light-hearted titles for youngsters as A Tale of Tulips; A Tale of Onions; Brother Billy Bronto's Bygone Blues Band; Jigsaw Jackson; and The Raggly Scraggly No-Soap No-Scrub Girl.
This charming and beautifully illustrated book is about early French aeronauts ascending in a hot air balloon.
SUPERIOR OVERALL CONDITION! EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with ORIGINAL SKETCH. Tight, bright, clean. Beautiful clean dust jacket. No remainder marks.
Price: $65.00