FIRST EDITION OF CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG’S FIRST BOOK

VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Oblong quarto, original white linen, original dust jacket. $500.

First edition of Chris Van Allsburg's first book.

Van Allsburg won a Boston Globe Award for illustration for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi; his first book, "it was considered an auspicious beginning… The striking, pointillistic graphite drawings were hailed as 'intriguing and refreshing" (Silvey, 660-62).

A fine copy.