GIANT OTTO by William Pene Du Bois. first printing. with dust jacket

GIANT OTTO; Du BOIS, William Pene; Viking (1936);1st ; Square 16mo; P/G; NotEx-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand; HARD BACK-multicolor pictorial w/blue+ red edgewear/bumping, small stains, some scuffing, slight curve;DUST JACKET-Multi-color pictorial w/blue + red lettering, very edgeworn, heavily scuffed,blue penciling on rear; 38ppgs- paginated bright, crisp edges, aging to pages,light staining; Endpages- staining mainly due to acidic binder’s glue.WilliamPene du Bois was a widely recognized author and illustrator of children'sbooks. Throughout a prolific career that spanned five decades, he illustratedmore than fifty books--half of those his own--and garnered severaldistinguished awards, including the Newbery Medal and two Caldecott HonorAwards. As evidenced by such popular works as The Twenty-one Balloons andhis "Otto" books, he was best known for artfully combining adventure,fantasy, and humor. His characters are essentially good, though frequentlyeccentric and absurd, an