From the time of the Walrus and the Carpenter, the phrase has been pure magic — and this book lives up to every word of it.
Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax — story by Ethel Glere Chamberlin, pictures by Janet Laura Scott — was published in 1928 by the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio, one of America’s most beloved children’s publishers of the early 20th century. The cover is a tour de force of Art Deco illustration: horizontal bands of marching penguins, colorful thimbles, sailing ships, lighthouses, and costumed figures in the bold palette of the Jazz Age.
Copyright MCMXXVIII — 1928. First edition. Pages are clean and cream-toned with the lovely age patina of nearly a century of life. Binding is tight; cover shows light wear at spine and edges consistent with age.
A genuine piece of American children’s book history, from an Ohio publisher that shaped the imaginations of generations.
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