Blueberries for Sal
by McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, (1976). 32nd printing. Hardcover. Fine. 55p oblong quarto, illustrated. A fine copy in blue and tan printed boards. Inscribed by McCloskey to.........
Synopsis
Blueberries for Sal is a children's picture book by Robert McCloskey. It was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1949. The story is of a little girl Sal and her mother as they go out into the country to pick blueberries for winter, and a bear and his mother as they go to eat berries for winter from the other side of the same hill. Set in a small town in Maine this picture book piece that uses a single dark blue color and block printing for the illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42200
- Title
- Blueberries for Sal
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 32nd printing
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1976)
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDRENS BOOKS;
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
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Atlanta, Georgia
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