If all the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska. First printing INSCRIBED
If all the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska. The Macmillan Company. (1971). INSCRIBED "To Martha Bently/ with Best wishes/ Jane Domanska/ Jan 28, 1972" on the front flyleaf. First printing with complete number line from 1-10. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" about 36 unnumbered pages Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Light bumping to dj tips. Light tanning to dj edges and spine. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped. With original price of $4.95. No Caldecott sticker on the front panel. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IH17a
"Janina Domańska (28 July 1913 – 2 February 1995)[1] was a Polish-born American artist, author and illustrator. She is best known for her self-illustrated children's books. She won a Caldecott Honor for her book If All the Seas Were One Sea in 1972.
Domańska wrote, adapted and translated 22 books with her own illustrations. She also illustrated 23 books by other authors. Her own titles include The Tortoise and the Tree, Din Dan Don It's Christmas, Spring is, and The Best of the Bargain. Her book King Krakus and the Dragon received a starred Kirkus review highlighting the "rich color, sumptuous design, and a splendid peacock of a dragon [that] adorn this old Polish tale of King Krakus who founded Krakow."[3]
The books she illustrated that were written by others include an edition of Trumpeter of Kraków, the Newbery award winning children’s novel by Eric P. Kelly. Astrid Lindgren's Mischievous Meg; the 1992 version of The Bremen Town Musicians by the brothers Grimm; and Ten and a Kid by Sadie Rose Weilerstein, which won the 1962 National Jewish Book Award for children's literature.[4]
She also created a poster supporting poetry in 1975 for the Children's Book Council[5]" - wikipedia
"Janina Domańska (28 July 1913 – 2 February 1995)[1] was a Polish-born American artist, author and illustrator. She is best known for her self-illustrated children's books. She won a Caldecott Honor for her book If All the Seas Were One Sea in 1972.
Domańska wrote, adapted and translated 22 books with her own illustrations. She also illustrated 23 books by other authors. Her own titles include The Tortoise and the Tree, Din Dan Don It's Christmas, Spring is, and The Best of the Bargain. Her book King Krakus and the Dragon received a starred Kirkus review highlighting the "rich color, sumptuous design, and a splendid peacock of a dragon [that] adorn this old Polish tale of King Krakus who founded Krakow."[3]
The books she illustrated that were written by others include an edition of Trumpeter of Kraków, the Newbery award winning children’s novel by Eric P. Kelly. Astrid Lindgren's Mischievous Meg; the 1992 version of The Bremen Town Musicians by the brothers Grimm; and Ten and a Kid by Sadie Rose Weilerstein, which won the 1962 National Jewish Book Award for children's literature.[4]
She also created a poster supporting poetry in 1975 for the Children's Book Council[5]" - wikipedia
