Description
The first edition, first printing of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, in the first state dust jacket.
Octavo, [56pp]. Illustrated hardcover, matte finish boards, title printed on spine, illustration on cover. Light rubbing along top edge of cloth boards. Internally clean, lightly read. The first printing, with four lines of text on the copyright page and no ISBN number. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, full torso picture of Shel Silverstein on the rear panel, chip along top edge of front panel, a few short closed tears, bright illustrations, a very good example. Housed in custom green cloth clamshell, title in gilt on the spine over a black morocco label.
(Ziellinski, p. 76)
An exceptionally rare first printing of this classic work by Shel Silverstein.
