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First edition, first printing of Burton's beloved children's classic, winner of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1943. True first printing as denoted by 1942 on both the copyright page and the title page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Publisher's original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, lacking the rare dust jacket; pp. (iv), 40. An about good copy. Binding remains sturdy, shelfwear and fraying to spine ends and board corners, bump to spine heel, spine sunned, a few light stains to boards, internally quite clean. An appreciated copy of this rare first printing.

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.