GRASSHOPPER ON THE ROAD (SIGNED BY AUTHOR + SKETCH )

New York: Harper, 1978.

Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. An "I Can Read" book with the pictorial dust-wrapper, price-clipped, o/w in excellent, clean condition. On the verso of the first free endpaper (and opposite the titlepage) Lobel has inscribed his name a dedication to "Anne Maka", dated April 1979, above a drawing in green ink of the eponymous grasshopper. Dust-wrapper slightly browned around the edges, also a touch rubbed. A VG+ copy.