Miracles on Maple Hill (Newbery Medal)
by Sorensen, Virginia
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1956 Red cloth hard cover pictorially stamped in black ink, wear to extremities, no writing, no foxing; dust jacket with a 1/2" loss at top of spine, edge tears and wear to folds, price-clipped. The story of a family who leaves the city of Pittsburgh for a farm in northwest Pennsylvania to help the father who is suffering from the trauma of being a POW in WWII. Illustrated in b&w. Newbery Medal Winner for 1957. One of the more elusive first edition Newbery Winners.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Beth and Joe Krush. 8vo.
Synopsis
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007516
- Title
- Miracles on Maple Hill (Newbery Medal)
- Author
- Sorensen, Virginia
- Illustrator
- Beth and Joe Krush
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Newbery award, newbery medal, newbery honor, pennsylvania, PTSD, farming, WWII, World War Two
- Bookseller catalogs
- Newbery Medal & Honor Books; Children's Award Winners;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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