Star Spangled Banner, 1942, Dust Jacket, Ingri & Edgar Parin retailer D'Aulaire, Gorgeous Illustrations

Star Spangled Banner, published in 1942. This edition of our national anthem features illustrations by famed children's illustrators Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. With this book, the d'Aulaires have given to every American, young and old, a deeper understanding of the song's significance.

The book has its original dust jacket which has a lot of wear and some tears as well. See pictures. The inside page does have owner's name as seen in photo.

After the publication of Ola in 1932, the work of Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire has needed no introduction - their beautiful picture books have delighted countless children ever since.

Ingri Mortenson and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire met in Munich where both were studying art in the 1920's. Ingri had grown up in Norway; Edgar, the son of a noted portrait painter, was born in Switzerland and had lived in Paris and Florence. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to the United States and began to create the picture books that have established their reputation for unique craftsmanship. Their books were known for their vivid lasting color, a result of the painstaking process of stone lithography used for all their American history biographies. This was an old world craft in which they were both expert, which involved actually tracing their images on large slabs of Bavarian limestone.

Please look for my other D'Aulaire picture books that I will be listing.
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