Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Robert McCloskey (illustrator). Light edgewear, binding straight and tight with no markings, a seemingly unread or rarely read copy lacking dustjacket. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition. ; MCF03900; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 45 pp.
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 8 x 11 in. Paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; edges worn, small chip to spine head. Covers have some faint spots. Ffep a bit pulled, text clean and unmarked. Chil. Stax. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition.
Published by Viking, NY, 1953
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition. First edition lacking dustjacket. First signature pulling a tad. Overall, nice, used copy. Scarce in first edition.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. Second Printing, March 1955 stated, Caldecott Honor Book. SCARCE in collectible dust jacket in any early printing. Fine in brown, off-white, and patterned cloth; illustrated endpapers. In a Near Fine dust jacket, price $2.50 front flap, small chips at spine ends, two closed tears bottom edge rear panel, soiling top right corner front panel. A lovely copy ! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.