Original promotional poster for the Caldecott Medal winning children's book The Polar Express, signed by the illustrator/author Chris Van Allsburg. The poster measures 18 inches by 36 inches. All over the internet are Polar Express posters featuring the train that is illustrated on the book's dust jacket. Seldom seen is the poster that promoted the book before it won the Caldecott--a poster that features Santa and his reindeer rather than the train. Even more rare is one of those posters signed by Chris Van Allsburg. The signed poster offered here is in near fine condition: clean and bright, with one tiny corner crease well away from Van Allsburg's ethereal image. Size: 18 inches by 36 Inches.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE POLAR EXPRESS: A Rare Variant Poster Promoting the Book Before It Won the Caldecott Medal

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Publication Date

1985

Binding

Single Sheet

Illustrator

Chris van Allsburg

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

Signed

SIGNED

Book Type

Fine Art Print

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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