The Red Balloon [Translation Of: Ballon Rouge.]

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1956 (1957). First American edition (presumed). Small quarto in glossy pictorial color boards; [47] p. illus. 32 cm. Tiny nick to spine (abourt 1/8 inch by 1/8 inch); Spine partially cracked at foot, about 1/4 inch; now nealty repaired with archival glue;else a Near Fine copy with a few small and pale spots to title page. Very bright and crisp. Hardcover.

A very nice copy. Copyright page states 1956 date fo French publication; colophon 1957 (for the American publication) // Childrens Literature; Kids Books; Balloons -- Fiction. Children's Literature in Translation; Paris (France) -- Fiction.