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HENRI'S WALK TO PARIS BY LEONORE KLEIN / DESIGNED BY SAUL BASS
(BASS, SAUL). Klein, Leonore & Saul Bass. New York: Young Scott Books, 1962. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Illustrated Children's Book. Fine/Good +. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Saul Bass. Published in 1962, "Henri's Walk to Paris" is a charming, visually captivating collaboration between author Leonore Klein and renowned graphic designer and film title artist extraordinaire Saul Bass aimed toward the younger reader. An internally tight, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1962 first Young Scott Books edition showing some soiling, closed tears, and a few indentations to its otherwise bright dust jacket with a tri-fold "Greetings From Saul Bass & Associates" card with a color illustration by Bass printed on heavy textured stock to which the firm's address has been added in ink laid in. Inventory Number: 025054