NY: Harper & Row, [1973]. Early reprint, with Caldecott Honor Book seal on front dust jacket panel. 64pp. Glossy illustrated boards; matching dust jacket. Light paperclip indent to top of first few leaves; "also available in paperback" penned to ffep recto. Price-clipped jacket with wear and chipping at head of spine, several short closed tears, and surface splitting at base of rear spine hinge. Near fine in a very good jacket.
Signed, dated ("April 1974"), and inscribed by Lobel with a sketch of Toad to ffep verso. The first of four total volumes in the beloved Frog and Toad series of children's books by American author and illustrator Arnold Lobel (1933-1987); five stories exploring the comforts and complexities of same-sex love, illustrated throughout in Lobel's gentle, evocative manner.
