Description: 1953 FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING, JOURNEY CAKE, HO! BY RUTH SAWYER IN AN UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET PRICED AT $2.50, AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT McCLOSKEY. WINNER OF THE 1954 CALDECOTT MEDAL. The book is completely unrestored and original, beautiful and crisp, with its original unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has a small chip missing from bottom of spine and 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 ($2.50) is essential, since there are editions with all first edition points of the DJ, except the price.c) "First Published" October 1953 on copyright page with no additional printings. Journey Cake, Ho!” a 1954 Caldecott Honor Book, is the story of Johnny, a bound-out boy (an indentured apprentice) who works on a farm. When all the animals disappear one day, the farmer and his wife can no longer feed him and Johnny goes to find his own way in the world. He is given a Journey Cake (a round cornbread) for his travels but it falls out of his bag and rolls down the hill. As it rolls and Johnny chases it, pigs, cows, sheep and chickens follow him and they all end up back at the farm.
Price: 1299 USD
Location: Woodside, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Illustrator: Robert McCloskey
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Ruthc Sawyer
Publisher: The Viking Press
Topic: Farm
Subject: Children's Literature
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1953
