![]() ![]() Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène Du Bois A newbery Medal Winner Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. It was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. A children's surrealist utopian novel about a man who discovers a hidden, diamond-mining society after crash landing his hot air balloon on the island of Krakatoa. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. Signed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper. The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American childrens literature in 1948. In the original dustwrapper with the John Newbery Medal seal fixed to the upper panel, which is a little toned with a few tiny nicks to the spine tips and hinges. The contents are clean and bright throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the bottom corners with the slightest of bumps. Illustrated throughout with lovely, whimsical black and white drawings by Pène du Bois. William Pène du Bois American 1916 - 1993 FOLLOW William Pène du Bois was an American artist who was born in 1916. ![]() Original decorated paper covered boards a with red cloth spine and black titles to the upper board and spine. ![]()
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