Description:
D'Aulaire, Ingri (1904-1980) and Edgar Parin (1898-1986) Leif the Lucky, [and] Autograph Letter Signed. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941.
Stated first edition, illustrated in color and black-and-white, bound in full color publisher's pictorial boards, with green cloth spine, the jacket slightly faded, with some chipping along the top edge;
[with] a letter from the D'Aulaires, on their Fifth Avenue stationery, dated 12 June 1940, addressed to Julia Carter, thanking her for her hospitality, with the holograph envelope.
Provenance: from the collection of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980).
Estimate $200-300
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