THE POLAR EXPRESS by Chris Allsburg, Hardbound, 1985, 30th Anniv., Autographed

Description

"
The Polar Express
" was written and copyrighted in 1985 by Chris Van Allsburg and was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt of New York, New York.  This copy is
autographed
, includes a three inch special Christmas tree
ornament
and contains an access code to download a "
recording of the story
read by the renowned actor Liam Neeson".  The flyleaf states, "A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole."  The book is beautifully illustrated.  The pictures above show the
actual
front and back of the dust covers and four other pages.  Most drawings are two pages wide but I could only capture about 1-1/2 pages at each scan.  The dust cover opens to a wide picture also.  The book has a hard cover with a dust cover and measures 9 1/4 by 11 1/2 by 1/2 inches.  The book has no page numbers, my count is 34 pages long.  It was originally listed on Ebay for .
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The classic book is from the library of the Inland Empire Railway Historical Society / Inland Northwest Rail Museum (InlandNWRailMuseum.com), a non-profit in Reardan, Washington, who will receive all proceeds from this sale.