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. Seller Inventory # W2355

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Bibliographic Details

Title: THE POLAR EXPRESS: A Rare Variant Poster ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Single Sheet

Illustrator: Chris van Allsburg

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: SIGNED

Edition: First Edition.

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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VA, U.S.A.

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