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, likely never read. In publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, “11/13; 6/8” code on rear flap, light shelf wear, folded front flap, a near fine first state jacket, lacking the Newbery Award sticker, as required. A near fine example of this young adult classic.
Chosen as a Newbery Honor Book in 1988.
