The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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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The Little Engine that Could
by Watty Piper
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First
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- 1930
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- Red with black printing and illustration
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty (Editor); Bragg, Mabel C.; Lenski, Lois L. (Illustrator)
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1930
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty (pseud.)`
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- First edition, first printing
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- 1930
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The Little Engine That Could
by PIPER, Watty
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- 1930
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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- 1961
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- Hardcover. Sewn binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked. Book appears to be gently read.
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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
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- 1930
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The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition
by Piper, Watty
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- Hardback
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The Little Engine That Could: Storybook Treasury: Based On The Original Story
by Piper, Watty (Pseud)
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- 2003
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The Little Engine That Could: Giant Lift-And-Learn Book
by Piper, Watty
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780448424002
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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
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- Never Grow Old Series
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- 1930
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- Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Covers show moderate wear. Corners bumped, hinges intact.
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition)
by Watty Piper
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty (Author)
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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
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- Seventh reprint
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- 1973
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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- 2012-12-27
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- Paperback
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- 9780448463599
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San Diego, California, USA
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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
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- 1954
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- Hardback
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Oswestry, Shropshire, GBR
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The Little Engine That Could ( from the Pony Engine By Mabel C Bragg, ) Illustrated By George & Doris Hauman, Children, Oblong Yellow Cloth Hardcover with Black Illustration of Train with Clown on Top
by Piper, Watty, Illustrated By George & Doris Hauman In Color . Illustrated Color Endpapers of 4 Trains on Railroad Tracks in Country Setting. Color Frontispiece of Train in Country With Smoke Coming Out & Carrying a Clown in Green & White Trimm
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- 1945
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LONG BEACH, California, USA
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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- 1961
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- Hard Cover
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- 9780448405209
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OCEANSIDE, California, USA
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The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition)
by Watty Piper
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Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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- First Printing; book only no Train
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- 1998
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- Hard Cover
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- 9780525460299
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OCEANSIDE, California, USA
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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty
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- 1st
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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