But Shel wanted to start out as a cartoonist, tracing the works of Al Capp at age 7. Shel Silverstein was a tour de force, a creative genius who not only wrote phenomenal poetry and sold more than 20 million copies of his books, he also received two GRAMMY AWARDS, a GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION, and an ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION. This is SHEL SILVERSTEIN'S FIRST COLLECTION OF POEMS. Stated First Edition in Near Fine/Very Good Plus first state ($7.95) dust jacket clipped on lower inside flap with some very light toning and wear, a trace of crinkling. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition. Dust jacket is edge worn, is toned and no longer bright white. In addition, the back flap lists only three other Silverstein titles, Giraffe and a Half, Lafcadio, and Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book. The dust jacket has the original $7.95 price & 1174 on front flap and includes The Giving Tree illustration on the back flap. Previous owner not only wrote her name on the front end paper, she printed a DYMO plastic label with her name and attached it to the top front of the dust jacket. 71, and there are a few other small smudges to other pages. In addition, one page is dog-eared, there is a reddish smudge on p. Page edges are lightly soiled and a previous owner added an editorial comment to the poem on p. The book has the required first edition information on the copyright page and includes the poem The Gypsies are Coming on p. It is a first edition, first printing in a first printing dust jacket. It is generally in very good condition but has a few faults.
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