The Little Engine That Could by Piper, Watty - 1961

Platt & Munk, 1961. This is the 1954 version of Little Engine -- slightly revised from the 1930 original with new color illustrations by George and Doris Hauman. No. 520. Decorative yellow cloth. Pictorial end papers. Name on front paste-down, else tight, bright and unmarked throughout. Lightly scuffed jacket with $1.50 flap price has three tiny tears + edge creases. Title list on rear flap ends with "Scat Scat" -- a 1940 publication. (Interesting Side Note: Watty Piper is the pseudonym of Arnold Munk of Platt & Munk. The true author of The Little Engine That Could remains a literary mystery.). First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hauman, George and Doris.