New York: The Viking Press, 1938 Book. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Unpaginated with b&w facing-page illustrations by Robert Lawson. By the same same author and illustrator who created Ferdinand the Bull two years earlier. Have you ever felt like you had a hard decision to make? Consider the tale of Wee Gillis of Scotland as he spends half his year in the lowlands and the other half in the highlands. All is well until Wee must decide where he will permanently dwell. Wee is content with spending his time in both places. Choosing for Wee is not easy. His uncles make it a hard task for him to decide when they beg, plead, and yell like children. Wee loves both places and doesn't want to pick one over the other. Which one does he choose? 1939 Caldecott Medal. The Thistle edition of Wee Gillis is limited to 525 copies, and is Signed by both Leaf and Lawson on a colophon page. In Very Good ++ Slipcase with lightly age-toned edges and a 1" split at top front opening, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Burlap covered boards with decorative laid-in green label on front board and spine embellished with bright gilt lettering. In Original Slipcase covered in a heavy textured paper with Green thistle plant on front and back and green lettering to spine..

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Librería: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: 001269
Título: Wee Gillis (Signed Limited Edition)
Autor: Leaf, Munro
Ilustrador: Robert Lawson
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Aceptable
Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket
Edición: First Edition
Editorial: The Viking Press
Lugar de publicación: New York
Fecha de publicación: 1938
Palabras clave: LITERATURE CHILDRENS LITERATURE
Catálogos del vendedor: LITERATURE;
Size: Small 4to

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Laid-in: "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
Colophon: The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...

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