All of You Was Singing SIGNED 1st Edition in Dust Jacket 1991 by Richard Lewis illustrated by Ed Young - Aztec Myth

Title: All of You Was Singing

Author: Richard Lewis
Illustrator: Ed Young

Description: Signed by Ed Young on half-title page. Stated First edition, first printing with full number line. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt lettering and turquoise sides. Bottom fore-corners faintly bumped. Dust jacket not price clipped ($13.95). DJ in archival sleeve. 32 unnumbered pages. 10.25 x 8.25 inches.

A spare, poetic rendering of the Aztec myth about how music came to the earth. Beautifully illustrated by Ed Young.

Richard Lewis (b. 1935) founded the Touchstone Center for Children in New York City in 1969, which has been a leader in the arts and education field, focusing on the relationship between poetry, the imagination and the natural world.

Ed Tse-chun Young (b. 1931) is a Chinese-born American illustrator and writer of children's books. For his work he has received high recognition, including a Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, multiple Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, the Washington Irving Children's Choice Book Award, and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Atheneum
Place: New York
Year: 1991

ISBN: 0689315961

Keywords: illustrated, picture book, Ed Young, Aztec, mythology, creation, myths, music, Nahua,