GOODY HALL; Story and Pictures by Natalie Babbitt
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. Natalie Babbitt. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author in red ink facing the title page, 8vo, light red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with B&W image of a man standing before the fence of a elaborate Victorian building, cover art and 16 B&W sketches as chapter headings by the author-illustrator Natalie Babbitt, brown endpapers, 176 pages. Very Good / Very Good. Item #8986
Natalie Zane Babbitt (1932 – 2016) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.
Tight copy. Light soil and edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription facing half title. No other markings.
Price: $30.00