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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue/green cloth. With only 1949 to the title page. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Politi. He has also included a small color sketch. Minor bumps to the spine ends. Some toning to the endpapers. All else is nearly fine; very clean. The dust jacket has some small chips to the spine ends and lower corners. To the front and rear, lower edge there is a 1" tear. Another 3/8" tear to the upper, front. Price clipped. Caldecott Award Winner. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author .

Charles Scribners Sons NY, 1949. HBDJ, Olive Green Pictorial Cover, 1949 , 1st edition later Printing, Interior Nice tight clean light wear, F-/F-, AS-IS, unpaginated, NOT price clipped original Price $2.75 Present. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.

Charles Scribners, HBDJ, 1949, 1st edition, Early Printing, illustrated Green Tweed Cloth Cover of Boy Ringing Bells, DJ has some Light rub, Scuff, & Small mended Tears, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, UNPAGINATED, TITLE PG HAS COPYRIGHT 1948 AT VERY BTM & YELLOW 1949 AFTER SCRIBNER'S SONS

New York: Charles Scribner, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, no indication of printing. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket has price of $2.50 on front flap and is fresh and bright, with a whisper of wear at corners. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Politi. Back flap is about another Politi book, Juanita. 4to. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.

Charles Scribners, 1949 First Edition. VG/none. Chocolate brown hard boards, white title on spine - library edition w/ library stamps. Some of the interior pages have small tears at the bottom from turning then pages of this well loved book. Beautiful, quaint water color illustrations by Leo Politi. Illustrations on every page. Caldecott award winner 1950. A delightful story of friendship between a young boy and an old man who is the Bell Ringer at San Juan Capistrano Mission. Juan, the young boy makes friends with all the sparrows that return every year.

Scribners, 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Caldecott-award-winning children's story set at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano on the California coast, where the swallows return home every March 19th on Saint Joseph's Day. Beautifully illustrated in soft watercolors by the author. A FIRST EDITION, early printing, from 1949, this small 4to (8.25" x 10.25") hardcover has light green cloth over boards with darker green lettering & to front & spine & stamped image of boy ringing the mission bell as the swallows fly home. Condition is VG+: quite clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers. Slight rubbing darkening to extremities & faint musty odor. The unclipped DJ is also VG+, with rubbing to extremities & some small chips at both ends of spine; else, brilliantly colorful & bright; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribners's Sons, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 10" tall green hardcover. Boards in Fine condition. Personalized color drawing with author signature on ffep (dated 1962). Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. DJ not price clipped ($2.95); in mylar jacket. "Caldecott Medal" sticker on front of DJ. DJ with small pieces missing along spine and larger piece missing at bottom of spine. A few small holes on DJ. Light bumping, wrinkling, small chips and closed tears along edges and corners of DJ. Majority of DJ is intact and in Good to Very Good condition. Only date stated is Copyright 1948 by the author and then 1949 publication by Charles Scribners Sons. Thus I am assuming this is a 1st/1st. The book is probably in Fine condition while the DJ is in Very Good minus or Good Plus condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Edition undetermined. Thin quarto. Printed cloth. About fine in good or better dustwrapper with a chip on the bottom edge of front panel and an embossed gilt seal of The Caldecott Medal.

New York.: Charles Scribners., 1949.. First edition. . Hardcover.. Fine copy (several light spots on cover, small name inked out on end paper).. 4to.. Illustrated in black, white and color by Leo Politi.

NY: Scribners/Junior Literary Guild. Set in the Old California's Mission of San Juan Capistrano, it is about the swallows that return to the mission on the same day every year. Light rubbing to the extremities; end-papers have some offsetting and the paper has turned faintly off-white. This book WON THE CALDECOTT MEDAL IN 1950. OUT OF PRINT. . About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1949. 1949.

NY: Scribners/Junior Literary Guild. Set in the Old California's Mission of San Juan Capistrano, it is about the swallows that return to the mission on the same day every year. Corners are rubbed, spine edges are rubbed & w/a small split. Title page & rear end papers have crayoning & inking; small ink mark on the rear cover. Still has a GORGEOUS SIGNED WATER-COLOR FLORAL ILLUSTRATION SAYING "TO TOMMY MERRY CHRISTMAS BY LEO POLITI." This book WON THE CALDECOTT MEDAL IN 1950. OUT OF PRINT. . Near Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1948. 1948.

NY: Charles Scribner' Sons, 1981. Cover is bumped, soiled and scuffed with worn edges and bent corners. Pgs. are clean & tight.. First Aladdin Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Large 8vo.

[ Edition: First ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Aladdin Pub Date: 1/1/1981 Binding: Paperback Pages: 32