The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein [FIRST EDITION • 89th PRINTING] • Harper Collins • Mint!

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

FIRST EDITION  • 89th PRINTING [199?] HARPER COLLINS

Later printing of this long-running first edition, presumed mid-late 90's with dust jacket in excellent condition. 

Dust jacket has the tiniest touch of creasing at edges; but is otherwise pristine; now housed in a new HQ archival quality jacket protector. 

Book itself is mint. Pristine pictorial boards.  Reads like new. 

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy."

So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.

Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.

This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.