Published by Julia MacRae, 1980., 1980
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st U.K. edition. Slim 4to. Unpaginated, with colour illustrations by Hose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Original pictorial white boards lettered in black, lightly browned. ISBN 086203065X US$7.
Published by Julia MacRae, 1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0862030358 ISBN 13: 9780862030353
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Krystyna Turska (illustrator). 1st edition. Slim small 4to. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations by Krystyna Turska. Original pictorial white boards lettered in black, some slight wear. ISBN 0862030358 US$10.
Published by Julia MacRae, 1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0862030064 ISBN 13: 9780862030063
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Tony Chen (illustrator). 1st U.K. edition. Slim 4to. Unpaginated, with colour and b/w. illustrations by Tony Chen. F.e.ps. slightly foxed. Pictorial boards lettered in black. ISBN 0862030064 US$10.
Published by London: Julia MacRae Books, 1980, 1989
ISBN 10: 0744508479 ISBN 13: 9780744508475
Seller: The Last Post Bookshop, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Cloth, h/c. Fine/Fine and Protected. First Edition. 9 " x 5 1/2". P224, pictorial end papers, Here is a story written in the best tradition of fantasy; fast paced, imaginative and absorbing.
Published by Published by Julia MacRae Books A Division of Franklin Watts, London First Edition . 1980., 1980
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼'' ISBN 0862030048. Colour illustrations throughout. In near Fine condition with tiny bumps to spine tips and corners, no dust wrapper as published. From the estate of a private library belonging to the author and illustrator Valerie Littlewood with her signature to the front end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.
First UK edition (published the year after the US Viking first edition, in the same format, and in fact printed in the USA). Signed (inscribed) by the UK publisher. Hardcover. Oblong quarto-size. A bit of foxing on the endpapers and early prelimnary pages, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket (sterling price intact) with the silver medallion sticker on the front panel noting the title as the Caldecott Medal winner in 1980. A nice copy of a story which captures the sense of peace of early nineteenth century New England and the bustle of Portsmouth Market. Illustrated in colour by Cooney. The UK publisher has inscribed the bottom corner of the title-page: "For Nancy/ With thanks and good wishes--/Julia A. MacRae/ June 17th 1981"--the recipient a bookshop owner and promoter of fine children's books in Sydney.