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New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Large 4to. [6], 7-56 pp. Red cloth with decorations in dark red on the front board, dark red lettering on the spine. Colorful illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Caldecott Medal sticker applied to the dust jacket's front panel by a collector (this title won the 1954 Caldecott Award). Several full-page and in-text color illustrations. Baumgarten 19. Signed without personalization by the author on the half-title page. The thrilling story of the small but mighty Madeline, and how a dog saves her from drowning. A small dampspot on the rear board's corner; jacket with a large piece missing from its rear panel, a few archival tape repairs to its reverse.

In this second Madeline book, Miss Clavel and the girls are saved by a dog after Madeline falls into the river.