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VAN ALLSBURG, Chris (b. 1949). The Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s plum cloth stamped in silver; original unclipped FIRST ISSUE dust jacket without the Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the 1986 Caldecott Medal recipient for illustration of an American children’s picture book which is now widely considered a classic Christmas story for young children.