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BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE.
The Little House.
Illustrated by the author. Square
4to, original pictorial teal cloth stamped in cream; pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, one
small cellotape repair to verso of spine panel head, 5mm chip to spine panel foot not
affecting lettering, few inconspicuous smudges; illustrations bright and unmarked.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942
[8,000/12,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING WITH THE
1942
DATE PRINTED ON THE TITLE PAGE
.
ONE OF
THE RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER CHILDREN
’
S CLASSICS
.
“Burton knew exactly what she
wanted in a picture book ... information and significant detail as well as the accustomed clarity, humor
and imagination.The wonder is that she achieved what she wanted without losing the spontaneity...”
(Bader, pp.199-201).An exceptional copy in the rare dust jacket of Burton’s Caldecott Medal winner.