Signed Copy Collectible-Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page.

Signed Copy Collectible-Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page.

First edition. Small quarto. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a near

First edition. Small quarto. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with fading on the spine. Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Wilson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon." Although not marked in any way, from the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper's celebrated children's books department, and acclaimed author of over 65 children's books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children's Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults.

Size: 9x7x0; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Size: 9x7x0; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!