The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book No. 358) Very rare and hard-to-find TRUE first Edition Bk ! in 2nd State Dustjacket with word Trade Mark NOT Under Title, BACK OF DJ listing 6 Titles CENTER JUSTIFIED at top by Retold by Watty Piper, From the Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg, Wonderful Color & B/W Pictures by Lois L. Lenski, Color Glossy Frontispiece - 1930

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930. HBDJ, 1930 on Copyright pg. First Edition / First Printing bk in 2ND State DJ. Correct first edition BK with this title being the last one offered on the listing of the NEVER GROW OLD SERIES page which is adjacent to the half-title page, NF/GOOD-, AS-IS, BACK DJ SMALL CHIP TOP EDGE , , Red Cloth CVR WITH PASTE-ON LABEL Titled in Black with Red & Yellow Cars & Blue front Train Engine with Yellow Light blowing Grey Smoke with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm front Cvr has some FOX scuff rub, but Titles & Illustration relatively Bright, Book Condition:NF, Binding is tight, stitching is sound, pages and cover are clean, colors are bright & vivid. with Interior tight, Light Fox . 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. Inner DJ Flaps BLANK . Minor edge and corner wear; Lightly scuffed ; BACK DJ light wear, soil, & Tiny chips edge Tears Lists starts with Children of other lands ,BACK OF DJ listing 6 Titles at top in Black HBDJ, 1930 on Copyright pg. First Edition / First Printing bk in 1st State DJ. Correct first edition BK with this title being the last one offered on the listing of the NEVER GROW OLD SERIES page which is adjacent to the half-title page, NF/GOOD+, AS-IS, , Red Cloth CVR WITH PASTE-ON LABEL Titled in Black with Red & Yellow Cars & Blue front Train Engine with Yellow Light blowing Grey Smoke ,BACK OF DJ listing 6 Titles CENTER JUSTIFIED at top ,NOR IS WORD TRADEMARK ON FRONT OF CVR OF BOOK, with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm to Left of Blue railroad Car on Front DJ, "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. She was a happy little train for she had such a jolly load to carry. Her cars were filled full of good things for boys and girls." & The book is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Some critics would contend that the book is a metaphor for the American dream, cover that shows the little engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon. it was originally published in a collection of stories. Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon, & 2nd car has Yellow Giraffe?s Head sticking out with Caption, She was a Happy Little Train, Title pg has Little Blue Train Puffing smoke near Btm with LargeRed Title at Top of pg , Glossy 2 page color Endpapers Nice & Bright, BOTH Inner Flaps DJ BLANK . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Lois L. Lenski.