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Small 4to. [4], 1-40 pp. Blue cloth with white and blue decorations and lettering on the front board. Colorful illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Lacks the dust jacket. Each page with a bright and bold color illustration done by the author. Baumgarten 36. Signed without personalization on the title page by the author. Quite difficult to find signed, this was the 1943 Caldecott Award winner. Lee Burton's little house experiences the changing seasons, and comes to recognize what really matters in life. Fraying to the tips of the spine and the boards' corners. An inscription "Caldecott 1943" on the title page.

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.