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Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1943 (1942). First Edition; Seventeenth Printing. Hardcover. Blue pictorial cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps with very faint modest foxing but clean and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's small address label in corner of Caldecott award page. Pages are very lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is . Toned with multiple shorts tears and a 3" tear on back panel with Caldecott gold foil medal on front panel and in good condition. Publisher's price of $3.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) ; 40 pages .

Written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton, 'The Little House' is a classic children’s book that tells the story of a small house in the countryside that witnesses the gradual encroachment of a bustling city around it.