first edition Patterned Boards
1947 · New York
by William Pene du Bois
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Patterned Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. William Pene du Bois. A handsome copy of the 1947 true 1st edition of this Newberry Award winner. Solid and VG+ (former owner bookplate at the front pastedown, very light foxing along the preliminaries and pastedowns) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ dustjacklet, with light spotting to the front panel and, inconspicuously, at the inside of the dustjacket. Wonderful Pene du Bois illustrations throughout complementing his own text. (Bader, pg. 178). (Inventory #: 20536)