Calico Bush.
New York: Macmillan, November, 1931, 1st printing; sturdy teal blue & yellow quilt block patterned cloth boards w 3" white paper plate set in with title; in jacket identical to boards, without title on spine, 7x8.75; 213 pp. Juvenile hardback.
An engrossing, quiet view of the hardships of pioneer life in coastal Maine, seen through the eyes of an outsider, a French Canadian bound girl,who decides to stay. Beautiful woodcuts. Newbery Honor.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus in remnant jacket; light pencil 1931 gift inscription, very faint rubs to extrems, light foxing on bottom edge only; tight with sharp corners, boards and paper plate amazingly clean; in darkening jacket (although not the center, on top of the cover plate) spine separation has been repaired with archival tape, 4 chips to 1", other edgewear; flap clipped on top, unclipped on bottom $2.50. Item #19646
$45