Author: O'MALLEY, KEVIN
Title: Straight to the Pole
Description: New York: Walker Childrens, 2004. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0802788661. Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley. Color Illustrations; 11 1/4 x 9; 32 pages; Oblong shaped hard cover has glazed boards. Blue spine with burgundy lettering. Slight rubbing to boards. DJ; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Wonderful color illustrations by the author who used watercolors on 240-pound watercolor paper to create the illustrations. Line work was created with a quill pen and blended Higgings inks. A lone figure battles for every step in a terrible snowstorm, determined to reach the distant Pole. 'Nothing will stop him from reaching his goal--except his own overactive imagination'. 'Nothing will stop him from reaching his goal--except his own overactive imagination'.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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