The Polar Express. Illustrated by the Author. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 25th Issue.  A fine bright copy.

This copy is signed by the Author on title page

Chris Van Allsburg’s breakout The Polar Express, for which he won the Caldecott Medal for illustration, appeared on the New York Times best seller list, sold more than a million copies in its first five years of publication and achieved the status of a contemporary classic.

“Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”

Basis the motion picture adaptation of 2004 starring Tom Hanks