THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
by Bragg, Mabel C.; Piper, Watty; Lenski, Lois L. [illustrator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Ink, 1930. First Edition, First Printing, Later State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo, Unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white and light blue. Later state dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Dust jacket circa 1934-36. Mild shelf wear. Soiling to dust jacket, with chipping and creasing along edges. Water damage to top edge of jacket. Slight bowing to boards. Light, scattered finger-staining to interior pages. Pencil signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 14. 1375928. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375928
- Title
- THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
- Author
- Bragg, Mabel C.; Piper, Watty; Lenski, Lois L. [illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing, Later State Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Platt & Munk Co. Ink
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Children's Literature
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...