The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.

SILVERSTEIN, Shel.

Item Number: 125143

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.

First edition of this work of poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing across two pages, “For Bonnie- Thank you for all your help on this book- And watch out for smiles that turn into steel bars- Love Shel.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional presentation.

Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.