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The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book No. 358) Very very rare and hard-to-find first edition Bk ! in 3rd State Dustjacket with word Trade Mark Under Title with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm,

The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book No. 358) Very very rare and hard-to-find first edition Bk ! in 3rd State Dustjacket with word Trade Mark Under Title with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm,

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The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book No. 358) Very very rare and hard-to-find first edition Bk ! in 3rd State Dustjacket with word Trade Mark Under Title with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm,

by Retold by Watty Piper, From the Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg, Wonderful Color & B/W Pictures by Lois L. Lenski, Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon,

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The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930 HBDJ, 1930 on Copyright pg. First Edition / First Printing bk in 3RD State DJ. Correct first edition BK with this title being the last one offered on the listing of the NEVER GROW OLD SERIES page which is adjacent to the half-title page, GOOD-/GOOD, AS-IS, ,Red Cloth CVR WITH PASTE-ON LABEL Titled in Black with Red & Yellow Cars & Blue front Train Engine with Yellow Light blowing Grey Smoke with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm front Cvr has some FOX scuff rub, pencil marks but Titles & Illustration relatively Bright, Book Condition: GOOD- with Interior tight, Light Fox & with small light edge stain on pg & some Pencil marks pgs Thruout . 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. ,Front Inner DJ Flap Titled in Black with bk blurb has Small Square cut out 3/4 X 3/4 inch in Blank Margin. Minor edge and corner wear; Lightly scuffed and scratched; BACK DJ light wear & Tiny chips edge Tears Lists starts with Children of other lands , listing 6 Titles at top in Black & ENDS WITH Animal Friends Story Book & has PICTURED IN B/W/ on back DJ , Stories children Love & Children of Other Lands & SAYING PRICE IS $1.50 EACH BK, Plain Red cloth rear board; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; Red cloth with a full-color pastedown on the front board with blue lettering. GOOD Dustjacket has light rub, wear FOX & small Mended tears Extremities & Tiny round Hole front Left of DJ, UNPAGINATED, First Issue with 14 leaves which are 2 sided Pages. List of books inside on verso front free endpaper, ending with this title. DJ Illustration Matches front cvr Illustration. Red boards, with front paste-down image; Absence of the word Trademark beneath title THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD on front Cvr. there are pencil marks sporadically throughout the pages, Wonderful Color & B/W Pictures by Lois L. Lenski, Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon, & 2nd car has Yellow Giraffes Head sticking out with Caption, She was a Happy Little Train, Title pg has Little Blue Train Puffing smoke near Btm with LargeRed Title at Top of pg with Pencil Marks, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, Glossy 2 page color Endpapers small stain & some pencil mrks, Back Inner Flap DJ Lists bks every child should have starts with book of Indians ends with Nursery Tales Children Love, Back endpaper Pencil Name,"Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. She was a happy little train for she had such a jolly load to carry. Her cars were filled full of good things for boys and girls." & The book is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Some critics would contend that the book is a metaphor for the American dream, cover that shows the little engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

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Title
The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book No. 358) Very very rare and hard-to-find first edition Bk ! in 3rd State Dustjacket with word Trade Mark Under Title with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm,
Author
Retold by Watty Piper, From the Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg, Wonderful Color & B/W Pictures by Lois L. Lenski, Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon,
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,
Date Published
1930
Keywords
WATTY PIPER CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED BY LOIS LENSKI MABEL BRAGG TRAINS

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