The Polar Express by Allsburg, Chris Van - 1985

E-088: Houghton Mifflin. Good. 1985. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA. 1985. 32 pgs. Later Printing. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Tipped in card present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One couldn't select a more delightful and exciting premise for a children's book than the tale of a young boy lying awake on Christmas Eve only to have Santa Claus sweep by and take him on a trip with other children to the North Pole. And one couldn't ask for a more talented artist and writer to tell the story than Chris Van Allsburg. Allsburg, a sculptor who entered the genre nonchalantly when he created a children's book as a diversion from his sculpting, won the 1986 Caldecott Medal for this book, one of several award winners he's produced. The Polar Express rings with vitality and wonder. E-088; 11.6 X 9.3 X 0.4 inches; 32 pages .