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Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. New/Very Good. Hardcover used copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. . Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bill Crawford. 31pp. Illustrated. Some general wear to book. Dust jacket is worn with repairs, tears Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 31 pages .

New York: A.A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition. Good/--. Bill Crawford (Illustrator). Light shelfwear including one bumped corner with little wearthrough. Dampstain to six pages of spine margin. 31pp

Alfred A. Knopf. 1946. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover; illustrations by Bill Crawford; fading, edge wear, and soiling t o exterior; tear at top of spine; illustrated endpapers; binding reinforced ; otherwise contents in fair condition with clean text. .

Alred A. Knopf. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Very Good dust jacket. Light cover staining.

Pages and illustrations in excellent condition: no tears or marks.Dj is in poor share with some tears, chipping and missing section along spine.

Alred A. Knopf , January 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/Fair. Stated first edition; Moderate edgewear to dust jacket with 1' piece at top of jacket spine torn away, light edgewear to covers with square corners, bookplate from former owner affixed to verso of ffep, book block yellowed, opens freely in places but binding good.

Alfred A. Knopf Book. Near Fine. Hardcover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bill Crawford. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition (stated). 12mo. 31p. Original light blue cloth, color illustration mounted on front cover; light discoloration to the blue cloth, boards slightly bowed, very good minus condition. In State B dust jacket, design on rear cover complete; dj has few surface scrapes to front cover, short tears to head and foot of spine panel, good only. Schrader A57. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Alred A. Knopf, 1946. hardcover. Very Good. 6x5x5. VG+. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Small tear on dj, price clipped.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Very good/poor. 46 oages. Illustrations by Bill Crawford. Blue cloth hardcover with pasted down illustration on the front cover and title on the spine. Color illustrated dust jacket has a large chip on front.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket and pages toned, jacket . price-clipped.. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with color illustration paste-on on front boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, First Printing; 32 clean, unmarked pages. blue c w/gilt titles; pictorial inset on front, lite wear at extremities; slight discoloration. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bill Crawford . 12 vo.

Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (xmas, childrens, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M21 .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Illustrated by Bill Crawford. 16mo. 31pp. Blue cloth boards with color pictorial inlay on front board, gilt-stamped spine title. Boards bowed with faint foxing, and fraying at the spine ends, very good, lacking the dust jacket. This story was first printed in the *New Yorker*.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Bill Crawford. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Crawford, minor corner and edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 854046

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, Stated. Small octavo, measuring 6 inches x 7 inches; blue cloth (hardcover); full-color illus. paper label; gilt letters; full-color illus. endpapers; [32] pp. Near-Fine, with darkened spine; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: H. L. Mencken, with an author’s tenderness for his offspring, describes this little book as “a Christmas story to surpass, transcend and put an end to all other Christmas stories. He says that it is full of “psychology, sociology, tehology (both moral and dogmatic), ethics, aesthetics, economics, penology, psychiatry and sex appeal.” “It is aimed,” he goes on, “at infidels, and yet it should delight and ravish the pious. It is as immoral as a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, and yet it packs one of the damnedest morals ever recorded in the literature of the Western World.” All this is crowded into 32 pages, with room for the gaudy pictures by Bill… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped dj. Bill Crawford. Square 12mo, 31 pages, blue cloth Illustrated by Bill Crawford.