SEADOGS: AN EPIC OCEAN OPERETTA

NY: Atheneum, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Inscribed by artist Siegel to Caldecott Medal illustrator Marc Simont (1915 - 2013) with an original illustration on the ffe of a sea dog in ski cap with two thought bubbles: "Pour Marc Simont, un grand monsieur qui ne cesse jamais d'inspirer" and "The Philharmonc gets dressed - mon prefer" (in reference to the opera them of the book). Siegel then inscribes "With best regards" with a "wag wag" next to the tail of the sea dog. A charming inscription. Evidence of a hasty water stain as the lower quarter of the first signature has some modest buckling of the pages. Otherwise, an used book. Charming inscription from an up coming cartoonist/ illustrator to a master.