Description
First printing of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Octavo, [6], 195pp. Blue hardcover, title on blue cloth spine. Full number line on copyright page. Clean text throughout, touch of dust along top edge of text block. Previous ownership notation on title page. In publisher’s first state dust jacket, $12.95 on front flap, “11/13; 6/8” code on rear flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example, lacking the Newbery Award sticker, as required. A near fine example of this young adult classic.
Chosen as a Newbery Honor Book in 1988. The first printing appeared in September of 1987.
