GARDNER, Charlie "Yellow Submarine: The Story" [Candlewick Press, 2004] Uncorrected

GARDNER, Charlie. Yellow Submarine: The Story.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2004. Preproduction mockup. 40 pp. Illustrated by Heinz Edelmann. Hardcover in dust jacket, with completely blank white boards beneath a fully designed dust jacket as issued for this preproduction state. Text includes placeholders (“copyright,” “title page blurb to come”) in place of finalized publication details. Fine.

A prepublication state produced prior to final editorial and design completion, retaining provisional text and layout elements not present in the finished book. A one-of-a-kind Beatles collectible.