{"product_id":"rice-boy-includes-two-page-typed-manuscript","title":"Rice Boy [Includes Two-Page Typed Manuscript]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncommon. 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mauzey, Merritt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055487209730,"sku":"94418.0","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_7_f86daf29-85d1-4abf-95b6-431be2d52964.jpg?v=1744068581","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/rice-boy-includes-two-page-typed-manuscript","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}