Relates the year-long attempt of one shy person to befriend her equally shy neighbor.
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Tearing and chipping to jacket as shown in photographs. Corners clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.7. Seller Inventory # 1855580571
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. First printing of this heartwarming story of neighbors slowly growing closer. M. B. Goffstein imbued her children's books with her personality editor Susan Barba reflects that Goffstein "found the right art form, the right structure and patterning, to distill her life experience [.] she managed to compress an entire philosophy into a single line or two lines rather, the line of the drawing and the line of the text." Her skillful combination of story and image earned her a Caldecott Honor in 1977, among other accolades. 8.5'' x 7''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. [32] pages. Seller Inventory # 46551
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Seller: Barbara Mader - Children's Books, University Place, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Stated. First printing. Another charming book by Goffstein, this one about the developing relationship between two neighbors. Book is FINE, clean, crisp pages, no previous owner name or marks, no handling marks, very nice. Price-clipped dust jacket has a closed tear, slight bit of toning, and a possible puncture at gutter, else very nice, about Very Good Plus. Please see photos. Not Signed. Seller Inventory # 101092003
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine in near fine jacket. First edition. Inscribed first printing of this heartwarming story of neighbors slowly growing closer. M. B. Goffstein imbued her children's books with her personality editor Susan Barba reflects that Goffstein "found the right art form, the right structure and patterning, to distill her life experience [.] she managed to compress an entire philosophy into a single line or two lines rather, the line of the drawing and the line of the text." Her skillful combination of story and image earned her a Caldecott Honor in 1977, among other accolades. 8.5'' x 7''. Original color pictorial boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. [32] pages. Inscribed by Goffstein on front free endpaper: "To Mary's Best Friend, with all good wishes, / M.B. Goffstein." A bit of wear to jacket extremities only. Seller Inventory # 49121
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