Signed by author on bookplate (The Keene State College Children's Literature Festival) on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, clean, bright and tight copy in clean and bright dust jacket. Gold Newbery Medal pasted on front of dust jacket. Last date on copyright page is 1977.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Donna Diamond. 1977 Thomas Crowell FIRST edition 2nd printing ( # line to 2) of Paterson's always RARE book. The book is ***SIGNED & INSCRIBED to a reader & DATED 11/9/1996,*** on a tipped-in card, located on the title page. A beautiful and hard-to-find copy with the author's inscribed signature makes it a great gift for any age and occasion. The hardback & spine is in Near Fine condition, with no marks, slant, stains. There is a trace of foxing on the front and rear end paper. The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition. It is later state, when the book's publisher changed to HarperCollins. There is a faint discoloration near the edges but otherwise the DJ is clean and bright. Adapted successfully for film in 2007 by David Paterson and Jeff Stockwell, directed by Gabor Csupo, starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Paterson on title page. A small mark on bottom edge of rear pastedown, otherwise clean and tight. 4th printing. DJ has some wear and chipping, with some loss on edges. Not price clipped. In an archival cover.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing with number row ending in 2. Black cloth boards, very light shelf wear; boards warp outwards ever so slightly. Minor wear and handling soil to dust jacket; a couple short closed tears; no major tears or chips; $7.95 price intact; Newberry Medal on front; jacket a little stretched from previous brodart with paper backing, now in non-backed brodart. Inside clean, no inscriptions or foxing, etc. Happy to send pics. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
1977 Thomas Crowell FIRST edition 2nd printing ( # line to 2) of Paterson's always RARE book. The book is ***SIGNED & INSCRIBED to a reader & DATED 11/9/1996, *** on a tipped-in card, located on the title page. A beautiful and hard-to-find copy with the author's inscribed signature makes it a great gift for any age and occasion. The hardback & spine is in Near Fine condition, with no marks, slant, stains. There is a trace of foxing on the front and rear end paper. The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition. It is later state, when the book's publisher changed to HarperCollins. There is a faint discoloration near the edges but otherwise the DJ is clean and bright. Adapted successfully for film in 2007 by David Paterson and Jeff Stockwell, directed by Gabor Csupo, starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick.
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