first edition Hardcover
1955 · New York
by Langstaff, John
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1955. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rojankovsky, Feodor. Stated 1st edition, 4to picture book, full blue cloth with black frog to front cover, illustrated in alternating spreads of 2 and 4 color by Feodor Rojankovsky. The 1956 Caldecott Medal winner. Ink names opposite title page, else fine in unclipped dj with tape reinforcement to chipped head and foot of spine and a sticker declaring it the New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Prize winner affixed to front dj panel. No Caldecott sticker.
(Inventory #: 28923)