NY: The Platt & Munk Co. , Inc.. Good+ in Good dustjacket. 1930. Hardcover. Old price written on the front endpaper. Gift inscription on the 2nd endpaper. The book is bright and clean else, but has a small area of damage at the top of the spine and the book is slightly bent from storage. No marks or writing else, and there are no tears or smudges on the pages. The dustjacket is in average condition, with some soiling. One-ince piece missing from the top front at the spine, and a closed tear at the bottom of the spine. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; Circa 1940 printing (1942 written on the gift inscription page, same handwriting) . Lists to "Lil' Hannibal" on the list of "Never Grow Old" series books inside near the front. No statement of Trade Mark on the book cover, but it is on the dustjacket. Two-line copyright and book number statement on the dustjacket, one line on the book cover. Synopsis of the story on the front dustjacket flap. Books in the series are priced at $1.25 on the rear jacket flap. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" .

Synopsis

Everyone loves The Little Engine That Could, that classic tale of the determined little engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on the other side of a mountain. The Little Engine that Could is an American fairytale that gained popularity and became a classic children’s book in 1930 when published by Platt & Munk under the pen name Watty Piper. An earlier version of the story was printed in the New York Tribune in 1906, and in the same year in a Sunday School publication Wellspring for Young People under the title “Thinking One Can.” The 1954 Platt & Munk version with illustrations by George and Doris Hauman is the best-known version of this book. -

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Bookseller: The Story Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26927
Title: THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
Author: Watty Piper
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ in Good dustjacket
Publisher: The Platt & Munk Co. , Inc.
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1930
Bookseller catalogs: Juvenile;

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