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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1958. 249 pages. First edition early printing, with 1958 as the last date on title page and no later printings listed, and no 1958 on title page, hence not a first printing. Front DJ flap is price-clipped however the $3.50 price is present on the rear flap, with blurbs for the author's 1957 title, Calico Captive. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Pages and illustrated endpapers are bright and clean, free of any writing. Illustrated blue cloth panels. Rear panel is bright and clean; front panel shows a faint shadow. Minor shelf-rubbing. Attractive DJ with minimal soiing and light shelf-rubbing. An early 1958 printing of the children's classic, and winner of the 1958 Newbery Medal. VG/VG.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1958. 249 pages. First edition, eighteenth printing, with 1958 as the last date on title page. No date on title page. Original DJ with $3.75 price on front flap with $3.50 price on rear flap along with blurbs for the author's 1957 title, Calico Captive. Light rubbing at DJ crown. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Illustrated endpapers are bright and clean, free of any writing. Illustrated blue cloth panels. Book is near fine with two small, faint pots on page edges. A bright, attractive copy of the children's classic, and winner of the 1958 Newbery Medal. VG+/VG.