Lawson, Robert

THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD.

Pp. [70], illustrated (many full page), pictorial endpapers printed in yellow; demy 4to; pictorial boards, lettered and decorated in red; price-clipped dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel, silverfished and faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and chipped; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Viking Press, New York, 1959. Tenth printing. *Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1941. This impression contains the original text, which was later revised to alter two controversial sentences: one that refers to 'tame' Indians, and the other describing a negro slave as a 'coloured boy'. Item #109529

Price: $35.00