Inscribed with a Drawing
The Horse in the Camel Suit
Publication: New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition.
Notes: A collection of short pieces about a young detective, written and illustrated by Du Bois, a winner of the Newbery Award.
80 pages. 7-1/2 by 9-1/4 inches.
Edition + Condition: First edition (no statement of later printings; date code 0867 and $3.95 price on front jacket flap). A very good copy with glue residue along the top edge on the inside. In a very good dust jacket with a few tears and a tape repair on the back (verso) at the top of the spine. The jacket is clipped at the bottom, probably to remove the library price; creasing to the back panel. This copy is nicely inscribed with a drawing of a camel, "The poker game in the camel suit with love for Shirley. Billy Pene du Bois."
Item No: #363164
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