Author: (McCaffery, Janet). Calhoun, Mary.
Title: The Runaway Brownie.
Description: [New York]: William Morrow & Company, (1967). (1967). FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR JANET McCAFFERY - Oblong octavo, 8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Rose boards, titled in indigo on the spine and with a vignette in indigo on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The edges of the dust jacket are slightly rubbed with a tear to the bottom edge of the jacket's front panel repaired with clear archival tape from the verso. The head of the jacket's spine is lightly chipped. [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.

"The legendary brownie of Scotland was a remarkable creature. More than willing to toil nightly in a barn and in a kitchen for those who were fond of him, he quickly took offense if crassly offered a bribe for his labors of love. In this modern tale, the author tells of a brownie named Angus, who had served his family faithfully for hundreds of years, and how he ran away when presented with a rich gift by his greedy new master." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb]. Very good .

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

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