Valentine & Orson.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Small split to cloth of upper front board, else fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover. Item #225584
Signed by Burkert on the half-title.
Accompanied by her renown illustrations, Nancy Ekholm Burkert recreates a medieval tale of twin brothers separated at birth. Most likely originating from the 14th century French text "Valentin et Sansnom" (i.e. "Valentine and the nameless one").
While Valentine is raised in royalty, Orson is raised by bears in the wild. A romantic story of separation and reunion, beautifully recast as a play in verse by Caldecott honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Special Award-winning author and illustrator.
Folded color pictorial poster laid in.
Price: $65.00