Item #C00006995 Double Discovery: A Journey. Jessamyn West.
Double Discovery: A Journey
Double Discovery: A Journey
Double Discovery: A Journey
Double Discovery: A Journey
Double Discovery: A Journey

Double Discovery: A Journey

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to Margaret McElderry, first edition, 1980, hardcover, octavo, 273pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with small black mark to back board, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with bit of soil to back bottom panel near spine, light edge wear to top of spine, in protective mylar wrap. Originally from Ben Avon [near Pittsburgh, PA], Margaret McElderry (1912-2011) attended the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh School before moving to New York in the 1930s to work for the New York Public Library in the Children’s Division under Anne Carroll Moore. After World War II, she became an editor of children’s books at Harcourt Brace, eventually establishing her own imprint at Simon and Schuster. Miss McElderry was the first children's editor whose books won both the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott medals in the same year (1952). She was married to Storer Lunt (d. 1977), long-time publisher and eventual president of W.W. Norton. Near Fine / near fine. Item #C00006995
ISBN: 0151264023

Price: $27.00

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