C H I L D R E N' S B O O K S * 2 0 2 4 B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S * * * 22 "NO MONKEY IS AS CURIOUS AS GEORGE": FIRST EDITION OF CURIOUS GEORGE FLIES A KITE 22. REY, H.A. Curious George Flies a Kite. Boston, 1958. Square octavo, original pictorial blue cloth, dust jacket. $2800 First edition of the fifth Curious George title. Hans Augusto and Margret Rey created Curious George in 1939. The Jewish couple fled Paris on bicycles the next year as the Nazi army approached. They eventually settled in New York City, where they began publishing their muchloved series of George’s escapades. Although H.A. Rey died in 1977, Margret continued to write children’s books; she died in 1996. Book with light wear to extremities. Bright dust jacket with a few stray marks and light wear to extremities. An extremely good copy. Scarce in any condition.
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