Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
"For Jake, The Beetle, Polar, and Charlie, with nicknames Like these you're going to need all the protection you can get - use this book as a shield": First Edition of Where the Sidewalk Ends, Lengthily Inscribed by Him
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Item Number: 140406
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author’s first collection of children’s poetry. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jake, The Beetle, Polar, and Charlie, with nicknames Like these you’re going to need all the protection you can get – use this book as a shield. Love Shel Silverstein.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
"The poems, ranging from serious to silly, from philosophical to ridiculous, allow the reader or listener— the rhyme and rhythm of these nonsensical poems make them perfect for reading aloud— to discover Silverstein’s greatest gift: his ability to understand the fears and wishes and silliness of children" (Silvey, 602).
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