Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First edition. Signed on the title-page by Chris Van Allsburg. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Top edge of boards a bit faded. Dust jacket with some bumping to corners and a bit of foxing to interior (not visible externally).

The Polar Express is a classic of children's Christmas books and Chris Van Allsburg's second Caldecott-winner after Jumanji (1981). The book was adapted into an animated film in 2004. Van Allsburg was also the creator of The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979), a Caldecott runner-up, and the spooky picture book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1984). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (Item #8292)