Vintage 70s Collectible Children’s Book, When the Sky is like Lace, Elinor Lander Horwitz, Barbara Cooney, Stated FIRST EDITION, buying Ex-Library

It all starts with a bimulous night.... Pretty magical and poetic sounding, isn't it?
'The Sky is like lace,' is the much lauded story of the three little girls who wander off in the dreamy night wherein wonderful, strange events take place like otters singing songs, old violin suitcase velvet-lined grass between your toes, unpacking fun gifts, and sharing plates of spaghetti and pineapple sauce as a custom. The book definitely is celebrating the imagination, wonder and happiness of children coupled with the rich fun (make-up) vocabulary of author Elinor Lander Horwitz and masterly drawn illustrations by Barbara Cooney. For these very reasons, the story is cherished by the young but also by grownups who adore playing with language and words. This particular book (and cover) is a stated 1975 First Edition ex-library gem with hardcover dark red cloth covers with pressed in otters. It was published by J.B. Lippincott Company.

! This book will be shipped with track & trace AND insurance !


CONDITION: GOOD, Hardcover, Price-clipped Dust Jacket, FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, Soft Hued Colour Illustrations, Unpaginated
This ex-library has the typical library markings, including the marks where the dust jacket previously was pasted down. The DJ is price-clipped, has tears, chips (mainly on the spine and edges), scuffs, discolouration, previous water damage, frayed extremities, a library sticker, plus foxing and residue tape marks on the inside.

The dark red covers with gilt lettering on the spine and blind buying stamped otter illustration are a tad faded however intact with some marks of previous tape. On the inside, library markings in pencil, ink stamps, sticker, library cards/envelope, a limited extent of foxing throughout, some creases and foxing on the side of the pages. Otherwise clean. Solidly bound with lovely soft illustrations. Please note that the colours may be slightly different from what you see on your screen depending on my camera settings and your monitor settings.


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