2 Joseph Krumgold first editions are documented on this shelf, from ...And Now Miguel (1953) to Onion John (1959). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Joseph Krumgold title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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...And Now Miguel — 1953 · Thomas Y. Crowell CompanyFirst edition 1953, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New York), title page dated 1953. The first printing carries no later-printing statement on the copyright page. Illustrations by Jean Charlot; cloth binding with color pictorial endpapers. US true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1954. Later printings state a subsequent printing (for example, second printing) on the copyright page; such copies are reprints of the first edition.
Onion John — 1959 · Thomas Y. Crowell CompanyFirst edition, first printing: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1959. The first printing is stated First Printing on the copyright page, dated 1959. Cherry-red cloth lettered in black; full- and half-page line drawings by Symeon Shimin. First-issue jacket without the Newbery Medal seal (Medal awarded 1960). US true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1960. Crowell first printings carry a stated First Printing on the copyright page; later printings change or drop this statement. Post-award copies and jackets add the Newbery seal.

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