signed first edition Hardcover
1953 · New York
by Sawyer, Ruth; Robert McCloskey [Illustrations]
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert McCloskey (the illustrator and the author's son-in-law) on the title page. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth, previous owner names on front free end paper and toning to pages. In a Good dust jacket, which is price clipped leaving just a sliver of a dollar sign visible, which has foxing, edge tears and chipping to the spine ends. A lovely copy of this scarce Caldecott Honor, signed by the illustrator.
(Inventory #: 170707005)