The Glasshouse
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. c.1968. The Dedication Copy inscibed by Allan Campbell McLean to Margaret McElderry to whom the book is dedicated: "Most understanding of editors; dearest of friends". Hardcover. Black cloth. 8vo. 181pp. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Mild wear to dustjacket, light rubbing to spine-ends and corners, touch of soil. Contents unmarked. 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. Fine / near fine. Item #C00008788
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