Many Moons

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 9x8x0. Slobodkin, Louis. First edition. A near fine copy in a good jacket. First state jacket without Caldecott Medal, War Bond statement on rear jacket flap. Two inch by half inch chip to top page edge of front jacket panel, a few smaller chips and tears to jacket edges, a few small surface tears to jacket. 1943 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Author's first children's book. "A wise tale of a little princess who wanted the moon and got it. 'Grown-ups themselves will find the book hilariously funny. . . . The lovely, squiggly illustrations in color are exactly right.'--The New Yorker