Eloise Greenfield; Jan Spivey Gilchrist [illus.]

Nathaniel Talking [Signed]

New York: Black Butterfly Children's Books, 1988. Very Good / Very Good. Item #47129
ISBN: 0863162002

New York: Black Butterfly Children's Books, 1988. First Edition stated. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small quarto (26 x 26cm). Pictorial dust jacket with $11.95 price present. Blue publisher's paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Dust jacket toned on edges and spine; some rubbing and shelfwear. No tears, no chips. Boards toned and corners rubbed. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, a Very Good copy with like jacket. Signed on half title page: "Very Best Wishes, Eloise Greenfield, 1989."

A longtime Washington, DC resident, Greenfield wrote more than 48 books during her lifetime, focusing on positive stories featuring Black characters and historical figures. At the time of her death in 2021, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation wrote: "Eloise Greenfield brought joy and enlightenment into the world ... she broadened the path toward a more diverse American literature for children."

Reference: "Poet and Author Eloise Greenfield Remembered," School Library Journal, Aug 09, 2021.

Price: $50.00