The Silver Pencil

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Katherine Milhous. First edition with publisher's seal and "A" on copyright page, 8vo, blue cloth with silver titles and thistle on front board, 235 pages, occasional illustrations by Katherine Milhous, pictorial endpapers. A bit of wear at extremities, internally clean and sound; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with a few tiny edge tears and chipping at extremities, one inch closed tear at head of front spine fold. Autobiographical novel of the author's childhood in Trinidad and emmigration to England, then to the United States and Nova Scotia. Newbery Honor Book of 1945.