Description: 1959 FIRST EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING, NINE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS BY MARIE HALL ETS & AURORA LABASTIDA IN AN UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET PRICED AT $3.25. WINNER OF THE 1960 CALDECOTT MEDAL. The book is completely unrestored and original, beautiful and crisp, with its original unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected with a Bro Dart transparent cover. Please refer to the detailed pictures as additional reference for condition. Every single page of the book has been photographed. Beware of all the listings identifying the books as first editions and first printings when they are not. Please use the below guidelines as a reference. As of this listings, there isn't a true first edition and first printing available. a) No Caldecott gold sticker on the dust jacket.b) The price of the DJ ($3.25) is essential, since there are editions with all first edition points of the DJ, except the price.c) "First Published" 1959 on copyright page with no additional printings. "Nine Days to Christmas takes place in Mexico and is a delightful story of a little girl of Mexico City who is now old enough to have her own posada, one of the parties held for nine days to herald the coming of Christmas. In her drawings, Ets has used clean, expressive lines and only a few colors with gray wash for background, which intensifies as day fades, but the effect is one of brilliance and color. The pictures carry their own story and in them, Ets has caught not only the special aura of anticipated holiday, but of Mexico City's vibrancy and movement".
Price: 1299 USD
Location: Woodside, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: The Viking Press
Subject: Children's Literature
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1959
Language: English
Illustrator: Marie Hall Ets
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: MARIE HALL ETS & AURORA LABASTIDA
Region: Mexico
Topic: Christmas
Character Family: Mexican