Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien [HARDCOVER RE-PRINT] • 90's • Atheneum

Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien and Illustrated by Zena Bernstein

HARDCOVER RE-PRINT [2000] ATHENEUM

33rd Hardcover printing / Mid-1990's. 

Rare Atheneum re-print with alternate jacket artwork.   Book itself is near identical to the true first edition, with matching illustrations, tan boards and text. 

Ex-school library copy in very good condition.

Dust jacket is like new.  Book itself has a few stamps on interior; and some tape ghosting marks on boards (see photos)  -- Reads clean, pages show no signs of wear or use. 

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.