Caleb & Kate by William Steig [FIRST EDITION] • 2nd Printing / 1979 • Farrar Straus Giroux

Caleb & Kate written & illustrated by William Steig

FIRST EDITION • SECOND PRINTING [1979] FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX

Large cloth-bound hardcover with dust jacket. 

Book itself is pristine.  Immaculate cloth boards; clean white pages that read like new. 

Dust jacket shows wear and tear but is fully in tact; some faint staining and a few sealed tears; one mid-sized surface tear on rear. [See photos] now housed in a new archival quality brodart jacket protector.  

When Caleb finds himself transformed into a dog and is unable to tell his wife his true identity, he decides to become her companion.

Caleb and Kate is a 1977 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year and a 1978 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Literature.