first edition Hardcover
1941 · New York
by McCloskey, Robert
New York: Viking Press, 1941. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with cover and spine stamped in green. Winner of the third Caldecott Medal and arguably the most difficult title to find. First issue dust jacket without the gilt Caldecott stickers on the front cover. Light sun-fading to the spine. Head and heel of the dust jacket lightly chipped. With almost invisible former owner inkless embossments on two interior leaves. Gutters on front and rear end papers lightly browned. The exterior of the cloth is fresh and bright as the day it was issued. An extremely difficult book to find in this condition.
(Inventory #: 9030767)