Giant illustrator-R. Gregory Christie Lyra Belacqua and her daemon

Lyra Belacqua and her daemon

2016 National Book Award Honor Book

crossing out

Evan—a farmer—and his dog do everything together

They encourage us to see things in the stars

Giant illustrator-R. Gregory Christie Lyra Belacqua and her daemonDU BOIS, William Pene. The Giant. NY: The Viking Press, 1954. 8vo, 125pp. Red half cloth with grey boards, stamped in black on spine with embossed finger print design on front board. B&w illustrations throughout. A fine copy bearing previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper, in publisher's original full color pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, with slight chipping around edges). First edition. When William Pene du Bois is asked moved from