first edition
(1942) · New York
by [Maine]. COATSWORTH, Elizabeth, with Illustrations by Marguerite Davis.
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1942). First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 6.5"), 192 pages, illustrations in text & full page by Marguerite Davis. Original green cloth lettered in black on the spine with pictorial vignette mounted to the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight foxing at the edges of the text block, previous owner's name in ink at the front paste down, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed & age toned (particularly on the verso), with a half-inch tear at the front fold.
"The story of the lovely Damariscotta region shares with its readers the happiness of a country summer The many illustrations in the book were drawn by the artist in the very cove where the story is laid."
Elizabeth Coatsworth won the 1931 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association for The Cat Who Went to Heaven. (Inventory #: 0000450)
Slight foxing at the edges of the text block, previous owner's name in ink at the front paste down, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed & age toned (particularly on the verso), with a half-inch tear at the front fold.
"The story of the lovely Damariscotta region shares with its readers the happiness of a country summer The many illustrations in the book were drawn by the artist in the very cove where the story is laid."
Elizabeth Coatsworth won the 1931 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association for The Cat Who Went to Heaven. (Inventory #: 0000450)