The Crows of Pearblossom
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of this edition with the Blackall illustrations. Fine, fresh, unsued example in equally fine dust jacket. Oversized hardcover. Illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated (32 pp.) , illustrated throughput with color p[ainitngs by Sophie Blackall. Famed English novelist Aldous Huxley (author of the colassic "Brave New World" penneed this tart tale of two crows for his young niece, Olivia, in 1944. Each day Mrs. Crow lays an egg but by teatime, it has disappeared; when she returns early from shopping one day, she discovers an old rattlesnake coiled around her nest. How the crows solve this problem is a tale of cleverness triumphing over greed. The illustrations by award-winning artist Sophie Blackall bring the witty animal characters to new life in this edition. Fine / fine. Item #E27787
ISBN: 9780810997301
Price: $85.00