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Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, New York, 1953
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. James Houston; (illustrator). First Edition. 151 pp. Gold cloth with a small black pictorial and black lettering on the front panel; decorated in black on the spine. Chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; some loss and a short tear at the head of the spine; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art and interior line drawings by James Houston. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1953
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Houston, James (illustrator). First Edition. 20 b/w illustrations by James Houston. 151 pp. White endpapers. Brown cloth with black titles. Darkened spine with head and tail lightly worn, corners lightly worn. VG+.
Published by J. B. Lippincott, New York, 1953
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. First Edition of this coming-of-age tale for an eleven-year-old Eskimo boy of Baffin Island, Inscribed by James Houston & Alma Houston, the 'first lady' of inuit art, on the front free endpaper: "To Mr. Burton /with all best / wishes and the / compliments of the / season / Sincerely yours / Alma Houston / Dec. 17 / 53" & "Best Regards / James Houston". 8vo. 151 pp. A fine copy in illustrated gold cloth, black titles to the spine in a near fine neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. James Houston's vivid black and white drawings throughout. Very uncommon as a presentation copy.