The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book 1930 ) Early Edition, , "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 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 of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon - 1930

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York, , 1930 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1930 on Copyright pg. Early Edition bk in FAIR- Condition, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 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, FAIR-, 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 with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm has some scuff rub, Red Stains with Titles & Illustration slightly Faded, 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. , Spine Cvr small end Rips, Plain Red cloth rear board; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; Red cloth with a full-color pastedown on the front board with black lettering. , UNPAGINATED, First Issue with 14 leaves which are 2 sided Pages.. List of books inside on verso front free endpaper, ending with this title. Red boards, with front paste-down image; Absence of the word Trademark beneath title THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD on front Cvr. , Please note also, this copy is stained along the edges and on the front cover, and the binding is rather shaken. with slightly loose hinges, rubbing, tone, stain & edge wear to boards, light stain/bleed-through to pages, & Smalledge margin Tears , 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 Giraffes Head sticking out with Caption, She was a Happy Little Train Light wear FOX on edges, has stains blank Margin edges & tiny edge tear, Title pg has Little Blue Train Puffing smoke near Btm with LargeRed Title at Top of pg with fox edge stains, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, Glossy 2 page color Endpapers Light wear edge stains Fox, . 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. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.