{"product_id":"the-rest-ot-the-road-by-don-blanding-signed-first-edition-1937-dodd-mead","title":"The Rest of the Road by Don Blanding FLAT SIGNED! [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1937 • Dodd Mead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of the Road written and illustrated by Don Blanding \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1937] DODD, MEAD \u0026amp; COMPANY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront flyleaf has been flat signed and inscribed \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Aloha\" by author Don Blanding \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket has some worn \/ chipped edges; small sealed tear on front.  Overall stunning however, crisp, clean and vibrant.  Now housed in a new custom-fit jacket protector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent with just a touch of fading to cloth at top of spine. Reads as new. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDON BLANDING, the \u003cspan\u003e\"poet laureate of Hawaii's, \u003c\/span\u003emost joyous book since VAGABOND's HOUSE, these new poems promise also to be his most popular. From the vantage point of the \"\"Half-Way House,\" he turns a remembering eye over the roads he has followed before, and then looks forward with eager anticipation to the mysterious, fascinating Rest of the Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book takes the reader to far places of the earth, and far places of the imagination, on a colorful, exotic voyage.  Both the illustrations and verses surpass any of Don Blanding's previous work. One long poem, \"The Cruise of the Spun-Glass Ship,\"' bids fair to rival the popularity of \"Vagabond's House\" itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHow long? How far? How hard? How fine?  How heavy or light the load?If it's half as good as the half I've known Here's Hail!... to the rest of the road!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThus sings Don Blanding ... a gallant answer to the challenge of the years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49070436647161,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/restoftheroadsigned-2copy.jpg?v=1789463879","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-rest-ot-the-road-by-don-blanding-signed-first-edition-1937-dodd-mead","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}