My Father's Dragon
New York: Random House, 1948.
First edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor novel. Signed by Ruth Stiles Gannett on the dedication page and inscribed. "I'm so glad we met, and hope we see more of each other than we've managed so far." Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth boards stamped in dark green. Near Fine with light fraying at spine ends, light soiling. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with no mention of the Newbery Honor. An inventive tale of a young boy who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon, with grey-scale illustrations by the author's step-mother.
Price: $4,500.00