Tudor, Tasha (Starling "Natasha" Burgess). Alexander the Gander (SIGNED BY AUTHOR). Oxford University Press, New York, 1943.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Original owner pasted a period nameplate to inside front board, obscuring most of the pastel illustration there. Some brown staining to BOTH pastedowns, perhaps from original adhesive as made. Light soiling to rear board. At bottom of FFE, below illustration of bird & cattails, the author has written, in a neat small hand in blue fountain pen, "to Alice / Best wishes / Tasha Tudor." Book else good plus. DJ darkened at spine, with small chips to DJ spine, else good. DJ not price clipped; original $.75 price showing. This small book -- charmingly illustrated in full color -- is rare signed, and unusual in dust jacket. New Hampshire-Vermont children's book author. Reduced from $440.

Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.