Paul Bunyan 1948 James Stevens SIGNED ~ illustrations by Allen Lewis

Title: Paul Bunyan

Author: James Stevens
Illustrator: Woodcuts by Allen Lewis

Description: Inscribed by James Stevens on front free endpaper. Second Edition, January 1948. Blue cloth covered boards. Dust jacket shows light toning; very slight soiling to rear panel; not price clipped ($3.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. ix + 245 pages. An attractive copy.

Originally published in 1925, this second edition, issued January 20, 1948, included a new introduction and one fresh chapter, ''The Great Whale Log Drive.''

Inscribed: ''To Roald g. Lund, / remembering our / Big Broadcast / of Paul Bunyan on / ''Northwest Theatre,'' / Feb. 26, 1948. / James Stewart''.

This special, Knopf-authorized presentation was broadcast on Seattle radio station KOMO and featured at 16-piece orchestra conducted by the Lincoln High School music teacher Carl Pitzer. KOMO's announcer, the 6-foot-8 Frederick Lloyd, played the role of Paul Bunyan, his voice magnified by the station's echo chamber. Stevens, a long-time Seattle resident, was on hand to make a curtain appearance.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Place: New York
Year: 1948