Hardcover. NY, Aladdin Books, reprint, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth with decoration stamped in black. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w decorations by Warren Chappell. a young adult novel set in post-colonial New Hampshire featuring Jared Austin, a journeyman painter. First published in 1943 by Knopf.