It features Peter, an African American boy, who explores his neighborhood after the season's first snowfall. 'The Snowy Day is a 1962 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.

The flaps are in excellent shape and very clean. But overall, as you can see, the jacket presents quite well, much better than most I've read about. There's also either a small tear or scratch off the top rear edge, and either a pencil or pen jag near to it. The spine has some toning, also some scuffing at its ends and rear side. I would think it and the remaining medal paper could be removed without issue. There's a bit of paper on the rear cover (a little up from the bottom edge. You can see a few bits of the white paper still adhering where the Medal would have been. The second printing should have the Caldecott Medal seal, but it was removed here. The original $3.00 (first printing price as well) is present, as is the Caldecott Medal statement (which began with the second printing) on the front flap. It is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. On to the jacket: I've always had it in a protective cover. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. There are no markings or attachments anywhere in the book. The snowflake decorated inside covers and end papers, front and rear, are clean and free of wear as well. Here's some great news: the interior of the book looks terrific. And there are no binding issues with the covers. The pages are nicely tight, just as you would want them. That being said, the book is very solidly bound from cover to cover. The spine has a forward lean just over its bottom quarter. THe covers have some bowing, and the front cover sits a little higher at the top than the rear one.

The top ones show a very slight suggestion of fading, and from only one angle a little spotting perhaps. There's a wrinkle at the bottom edge of the spine. The red and white lettering and design is bright and unworn. There's also some toning, more so on the rear. The rear cover has more, but none of it jumps out at you. The front has only a small number of very mild, hard-to-see spots.

Ask for other photos if you have an interest. You can see the light blue front cover of the book in the photos. There's also a first sans jacket with a signature on a loose sheet going for $3,500.00. The signed second with second printing jacket is selling for $5,500.00. What's the value of the signature versus the book itself? The signed first with the first issue jacket is selling for $12,000.00. I found one other second printing, and one other first with a solid dust jacket. There's no comparable! The second printing is that rare. This will probably be the most difficult of any book I've had to price. The First Printing was published in 1962.

The snowy day caldecott winner