Rice Boy [Includes Two-Page Typed Manuscript]

London, New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. First ed. Quarto in light blue-green illus rustic cloth; illus jacket; 67 pages illustrations 27 cm. Fine in about very good(-) jacket now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. See photos. Hardcover.

Uncommon. Inscribed and signed by Mauzey in 1963, with a stapled two-page typed resumé-like manuscript with hand-corrections , presumably by Mauzey, outlining his work. / "The story of a young Chinese boy who stows away on a ship in order to come to America. He is permitted to stay and, through his eyes, we see the whole story of rice-growing in this country from the early primitive methods to modern times and methods used in China." "Merritt Mauzey (1897-1973) was an American lithographer and noted children’s book author and illustrator in the mid-20th century. Associated closely with the Dallas Nine group of artists, Mauzey was a self-taught artist known for his depictions of rural life and the cotton industry in his native Texas." Merritt Mauzey is also the author & illustrator of Cotton-farm Boy, Rubber Boy, Oilfield Boy, Salt Boy and Texas Ranch Boy. / Children's Books. Rice. Riz -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Rice. Juvenile works. Lithography. Texas artists.