Author: (McCaffery, Janet). Calhoun, Mary.
Title: The Goblin Under the Stairs.
Description: [New York]: William Morrow & Company, (1968). (1968). FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR JANET McCAFFERY - Oblong octavo, 8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Teal boards titled in yellow on the spine and with a vignette in yellow on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The edges of the faintly warped covers are very slightly rubbed and there is minor wear to the top edges of the dust jacket. [32] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in color throughout by Janet McCaffery. Very good.

First edition. Inscribed & signed in ink by the illustrator Janet McCaffery opposite the title page. RARE thus.

"In English folklore there are many tales about the boggart. He is a tiny goblin-man all covered with shaggy hair, and he is said to appear in different forms to different people... When the little boy looks at him through a knothole in the wall, he sees a winking, grinning playmate. The wife sees a neat little servant man who will help her with the housework, and the farmer sees an evil-looking creature who will torment them all." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb]. Very good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; JANET MCCAFFERY; MARY CALHOUN; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; THE GOBLIN UNDER THE STAIRS; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE.

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