Grandfather's Journey - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
ISBN: 0395570352
Illustrator: Illustrated by Allen Say
Grandfather's Journey - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in lightly sunned, tan boards with origami illustration embossed on front cover, brown cloth spine with gold lettering, tan endpapers in Fine pictorial dust-jacket. Front Fly leaf is creased.
Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1994 for this autobiographical picture book, Say created a photo album to illustrate his family's journey and immigration to America. Grandfather leaves Japan to explore the new world and makes a home in San Francisco. Missing the home of his birth, he returns to Japan with his wife and daughter, but he cannot forget his love of California, always telling stories to his grandson and wishing to return just once more; Color Illustrations; 4to ; 32 pages.
Price: $53.79
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