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Goodnight Moon; Pictures by Clement Hurd
by Brown, Margaret Wise
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1947. First Edition, Early Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Early printing of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, in the publisher's dust jacket.. Oblong octavo, [31pp]. Illustrated hardcover, green cloth spine. Publisher listed as Harper & Row, not Harper & Brothers, which places publication in the early 1960s. Bookplate removed from front free endpaper, no other markings. In the publisher's early state dust jacket, price-clipped, "30-60" code on front flap, starting to separate along front edge of spine, previous fold diagonally across front panel, shelf wear, a very good example. The true first printing of Goodnight Moon is a bit of a mystery. The first edition was published by Harper & Brothers in 1947, with no indication of a first printing in the text. The first issue dust jacket is believed to have a retail price of $1.75 and contain a blurb for "Little Fur Family" instead of "Little Chicken" on the rear panel, but no copy with the $1.75 retail price has been located. It is possible that the first issue dust jacket has a retail price of $2.00, but debate continues.
Synopsis
Goodnight Moon is an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was first published in 1947, and is a highly acclaimed example of a bedtime story. The content depicts the process of a child saying goodnight to everything around: "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light, and the red balloon..."
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13569
- Title
- Goodnight Moon; Pictures by Clement Hurd
- Author
- Brown, Margaret Wise
- Illustrator
- Early printing of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, in the publisher's dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Early Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- first edition goodnight moon, signed book goodnight moon, early edition goodnight moon, runaway bunny,
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