The Witches of Worm

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1972. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Raible, Alton. Delightful YA story about a girl & Worm, who she suspects might be a witch's cat. In 183 pages with wonderful pen-and-ink illustrations by Alton Raible throughout text. A 1973 Newberry Honor Book, with silver sticker symbol on front DJ cover (a little tattered around edge of sticker). Orig. published in 1972, this is the Seventh Printing from Nov. 1975 that is SIGNED by the AUTHOR with an inscription "Greetings to Elaine" on dedication page. Hardcover book with black cloth-covered boards & yellow lettering to front & spine is in beautiful condition, but downgraded to Near Fine due to light foxing to exterior page edges. Otherwise, completely clean, binding strong & straight; pages slightly off-white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is conservatively downgraded to VG+ due to a bit of edgewear & extremely light soiling in spots. Beautifully protected in new archival mylar! Looks wonderful! We are also offering an unsigned copy of this book at a lower price; see our listing #019422). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day