The Secret of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

A gorgeous, fresh copy of O'Brien's saga of Mrs. This does not make a jacket a later issue, as publishers and their printers do not print the stickers, nor do they decide which books get to be Newbery Winners (that is the ALA's prerogative). Anyone, from a bookseller, a collector, or a librarian, can paste Newbery stickers onto dust jackets. Newbery stickers are products of the American Library Association, and have nothing to do with the publisher or the printer. When it comes to books and their jackets, issues and states are determined based on the decisions of publishers and printers (for further discussion of this, please see Bowers and Gaskell's treatises on bibliography). Our jacket has a Newbery Medal sticker on it, however, contrary to what some listings say, this is not in fact an issue point.

Illustrated with in-text and full-page drawings by Zena Bernstein. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Grey cloth with a mouse in purple on the front board, purple lettering on the spine.