Handforth, Thomas (1897-1948) Mei Li , Signed.

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Handforth, Thomas (1897-1948) Mei Li, Signed. New York: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran, & Co., 1938.
First edition, signed by Handforth on ffep, in publisher's red cloth, with the dust jacket, somewhat tattered along the top edge, with one missing piece, approximately one inch square. Handforth's Mei Li was awarded the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration.
[and] Kate Seredy (1899-1975) The White Stag, New York: Viking, 1937, first edition, inscribed by Seredy to Julia Carter on the half-title, bound in publisher's red cloth, with the jacket, which is rubbed, chipped along the top edge, with two small portions of the spine lacking. Seredy won the Newbery Medal for The White Stag. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980).
Estimate $300-500


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