ORIGINAL PEN & INK AND WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS (1916-1993) PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK ""OTTO AT SEA"" (1936); TOGETHER WITH A BOXED SET O

Du Bois, William Pene (1916-1993). ORIGINAL PEN & INK AND WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS (1916-1993) PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK ""OTTO AT SEA"" (1936); TOGETHER WITH A BOXED SET OF THE FIRST TWO ""OTTO"" BOOKS, BOTH FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE IN WHICH THE DRAWING WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. Original watercolor drawing, published on p. [29] in the first edition of OTTO AT SEA (1936), measures 5"" x 5"" on artist board measuring 5-1/4"" x 5-1/4"", with minor soiling and spotting, light overall toning, and with a pin hole in each corner confined to the margins, and with adhesive residue to verso. The condition of the drawing is VERY GOOD. RARE; as is any artwork from du Bois' early ""Otto"" books. Sold together with the two book boxed set ""THE OTTO BOOKS ARE HERE!"" (1936) as follows: Du Bois, William Pene (1916-1993). GIANT OTTO and OTTO AT SEA. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. FIRST EDITIONS; ""First Published October 1936"" -- imprint. Square 16mo - 6-3/16"" x 6-1/8"". Color pictorial paper covered boards. Original publisher's color pictorial stiff paper priced ($.65) dust jackets replicating the design of the books. [40] pp. each. The books tell the story of a really large Otterhound (Giant Otto) and how he became a French hero fighting with the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara Desert. After a hero's return to France, Otto heads to America for a good-will trip. En route, a great storm arose and Otto was once again a hero. GIANT OTTO: extremely minor toning to spine, spotting along the front joint and minute touches of rubbing to head and tail of spine; toning to endpapers; first four leaves with a minor crease to upper fore edge corner, the rest of the book is pristine. Dust jacket with darkening to the spine, minor edge and corner wear, and spotting to upper edge of rear flap. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. The condition of the dust jacket is VERY GOOD +. OTTO AT SEA: extremely minor toning to spine, spotting along the front and rear joints, and minute touches of rubbing at the corners; toning to endpapers; minor finger soiling to title page and a single spot of foxing to two facing pages, the rest of the book is pristine. Dust jacket with darkening to the spine, spotting to front panel, rubbing and wear to the front flap fold, wear to the spine panel including two short tears to the rear fold. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. The condition of the dust jacket is VERY GOOD. The two books are contained within the original publisher's cardboard slipcase, with a large color pictorial paste-on to each main panel, with soiling and wear to the paste-ons and a split to one end of the spine panel. The condition of the original slipcase is GOOD. Only one set of ""THE OTTO BOOKS ARE HERE!"" located on WorldCat (Toronto Public Library). EXCEEDINGLY RARE. All in all a wonderful offering of early William Pene du Bois (1916-1993) ORIGINAL ARTWORK and FIRST EDITION CHILDREN'S BOOKS.