A City in Winter

This beautiful first edition is in like-new condition, the dust cover is near fine. The book is immaculate and pristine, making it a highly collectible edition. Chris Van Allsburg has received the Caldecott Medal twice, a top honor for American picture book illustration. A City in Winter by Mark Helprin is a beautifully crafted fantasy novel first published in 1996, with striking illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg. This book is the second in Helprin's Swan Lake Trilogy, following Swan Lake and preceding The Veil of Snows. The story, written in an elegant and poetic style, revolves around a young girl who discovers she is the rightful heir to a wintry kingdom currently ruled by a tyrant.