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The Little Engine That Could
by Piper, Watty (pseud.)`
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1930. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Square 8vo. First printing. Original red cloth, with a glossy, color cover illustration and 9 titles listed on the verso of the front free endpaper, ending with this title. No "trademark" under the title, and in the lower left corner a two line imprint beginning with "No. 358." A near fine copy with only light wear.
The dustwrapper is later, with no prices on the rear flap with with ten titles listed. There are closed tears along the upper and lower edges, and a small piece lacking near the bottom rear of the spine. It still gives a very good appearance, with minimal soiling.
The tale was written by Arnold Munk under the name of Watty Piper, from oral tales as well as 1902 and 1910 printings by Mary Jacobs, later Mabel Bragg, under the title "The Pony Engine'.
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18351
- Title
- The Little Engine That Could
- Author
- Piper, Watty (pseud.)`
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- The Platt & Munk Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
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