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SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE BY WILLIAM STEIG
(STEIG, WILLIAM). Steig, William. New York: Windmill Books, Inc. / Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1969. First Edition. 4to. Buckram in Illustrated Jacket. Illustrated Childrens' Book. Near Fine/Good +. RETURNED TO TONY BANK AND TAKEN OFFLINE 2/8/22 - np (32pp), 28 color illustrations. "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" is beloved "The New Yorker" cartoonist and illustrator William Steig's 1969 classic children's tale of the anthromorphised young donkey Sylvester Duncan, his family in Oatdale, and as you may have suspected, a magic pebble. The book was awarded the 1970 Caldecott Medal - Steig's first. An internally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1969 stated first Windmill Books, Inc. and Simon & Schuster, Inc. hardbound printing showing some notable wear, soiling, short closed tears, and a bit of paper loss to its dust jacket. Both corners of the inside flap of the jacket have been diagonally price-clipped but the printed line "6010" that is indicative of the first jacket state is still present along the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. LC 69-14484 Inventory Number: 024485