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JOURNEY CAKE, HO!
by Sawyer, Ruth; McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this delightful take on the tale of the Gingerbread Man, winner of a 1954 Caldecott Honor - scarce in dust jacket. Ruth Sawyer's humorous tale of a runaway cake is brought to life by the art of her son-in-law, Robert McCloskey. JOURNEY CAKE, HO! earned Sawyer and McCloskey a Caldecott Honor, Sawyer's first and McCloskey's third. This is an attractive copy of the beloved story, unusual to find in original dust jacket. 10.25'' x 7.75''. Original cloth boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers of Johnny followed by chickens. Illustrated in blue, white and brown. 46, [2] pages. Small ink gift inscription to front flyleaf, dated Christmas 1953. Jacket with light edgewear, a few short closed tears and shallow chipping to joints and spine ends, with careful tape repair to verso of lower spine. Binding with mild bumping to spine ends, a hint of shelfwear. Clean and solid.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9602
- Title
- JOURNEY CAKE, HO!
- Author
- Sawyer, Ruth; McCloskey, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Caldecott,20th century,Post-WWII,1950s,US American,Picture Book
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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