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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First edition. 8vo, 137pp. Signed and inscribed by Lowry to Charlotte Huck on the title page. Blind stamped black cloth, spine lettered in gilt in illustrated jacket. Some toning to page block, few bent page corners, and Huck's notes and underlines in pencil throughout, including her analysis on the last blank page. Jacket shows edge wear and a few small tears along top edge and rubbing along folds. Very good. Signed, first printing of this Newbery-winning title from Lois Lowry telling the tale of Annemarie Johansen's escape from Nazi occupied Copenhagen in 1943.  This copy from the library of children's literature expert and Ohio State University professor, Charlotte Huck (1922-2005).  Huck served on both the Caldecott and Newbery Honor committees and authored the standard textbook, Children's Literature in the Elementary School.  In 2014, the National Council of Teachers of English established an award in her honor, each year recognizing a… Read More

SIGNED BY AUTHOR! FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING (Houghton Mifflin, 1989) Signed on a Book-Plate page as follows: "With Love, Lois Lowry". **UNREAD**. The Black Full-Cloth Hardcovers are clean with sharp, square corners. The Spine is Fine with BRILLIANT, Complete lettering. Pages are clean and unmarked in any way; there is age tanning as would be expected due to the paper quality used. Binding is Very Tight. Dust Jacket is Very Good, a small tear has been expertly repaired with non-acid tape on the verso. Difficult to see with the Mylar cover on. Price intact and protected in a new custom trimmed Mylar sleeve. A SCARCE FIND! **I too, am a collector and know all too well what it is like receiving a book "not as described". This does not happen here. I am passionate about honesty, quality and customer satisfaction. I have a NO DISAPPOINTMENT policy. My books are always carefully shipped in well-padded boxes and always smoke and odor free.**

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. First 25th Anniversary edition of Lowry's first Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "With best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheila Smallwood. With an introduction by the author.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR! (Scarce Signed!) First Edition and Eighteenth Printing (Houghton Mifflin, 1989) Signed on the Full title page as follows: "Lois Lowry". This book is UNREAD and is Fine Plus in all respects. The Boards are clean with sharp, square corners. The Spine is Fine with BRILLIANT, Complete Gold lettering. Pages are clean and unmarked in any way. Binding is Very Tight. Dust Jacket is Very Fine. Price intact and protected in a new custom trimmed Mylar sleeve. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTOR COPY! **I too, am a collector and know all too well what it is like receiving a book "not as described". This does not happen here. I am passionate about honesty, quality and customer satisfaction. I have a NO DISAPPOINTMENT policy. My books are always carefully shipped in well-padded boxes and always smoke and odor free.**

First edition. First edition, later printing. Trade paperback. Clarion Books, Boston, MA (2011)
New. Signed by author. Brand new, never read. SIGNED First edition. Personally signed by the author directly to the full title page. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. Photos available upon request. The unforgettable Newbery Medal winning novel from Lois Lowry. As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen s family takes in Annemarie s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war. A modern classic of historical fiction, Number the Stars has won generations of fans and continues to speak to today's readers. Jessica Grose… Read More