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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton & Mifflin:, 1942. Originally published in 1942, this printing the fourteenth printing (circa 1969).FINE HARDCOVER. Previous owner's name present from 1969.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. Illus. by Virginia Lee Burton.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, oblong.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942 ex school library 1942 edition, later printing, no date ?1974, illustrated by Caldecott winner Virginia Lee Burton. You can still find books like this in thrift shops and at sales, but it's getting to be a while [30 to 60 years], particularly for children's books and library discards. One of the last in the great tradition of children's train books, this one is in very good minus condition, but it's gorgeous all the same, a story of a dog so fast he could race trains, just for the joy of it. Burton wrote and illustrated something like seven books, and provided the art for another four or so. She died at 59 in 1968. In 2007 a first edition of her book, The Little House, sold for just under $10,000.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. 13th printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Virginia Lee Burton. color illustrations (by Virginia Lee Burton), 28p. Pictorial boards. dj. Oblong 22cm. Jacket rather stained and worn. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. SIGNED on title-page by Bontemps (in 1969). Children's book.

Boston Ma: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Children's Picture Book. Illustrated Cloth Covers And Endpapers. First Printing (No Additional Printing Indicated). Lightly Used, No Marks, No Fraying.

Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 1135457123 . Oblong brown cloth. This appears to be one of the rare titles by this publisher where the first edition does not have matching dates. No additional printings. Bumps to the corners but with little other wear. Very clean and tight. The toned dust jacket has minor chips to the corners and spine ends. There are several short tears. Original price of $1.75 to the front flap. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 28 pages .

HBDJ, VG-/VG, BOOK COVER OBLONG GREEN Illustrated CLOTH VG- CONDITION WITH FADE SPOTS TO EDGES, DJ VG LITE RUB WEAR TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS, 1970 on Copyright PG, . 1st Edition, 18TH PRINTING, NO Date printed on Title page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket , 29 pages,GREEN CL Illustrated of Dog running cloth binding APPROX 9 1/4 X 8 1/2 IN.. Color illustrations by Virginia Lee Burton. Light general wear, a few cover blemishes. . Size: 8vo

HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, , NO Date on Title Page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket $3.23 ON FLAP, VG/VG+, NOT X-LIB. Trade OBLONG binding with Brown Rust cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards. Same illus as DJ which has SMALL Blue & Silver Dolphin Sticker, . Book is very good- with some spotting on top & bottom edges of green cloth (scans available). DJ is very good+ to near fine- . Outstanding full color art by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON (CALDECOTT MEDALIST). 28 PGS,

Inner Hinges Starting Cracked, ,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers, HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, 1ST PRINTING, BK GOOD with Interior pg Slight soil Foxing / DJ VG with tiny Extremities chips tears LITE Crease on back, AS-IS, SCRUFFY & SOILED OBLONG CLOTH cvr binding with GREY OATMEAL ILLUSTRATED Boards with chip btm Spine .INTERIOR PGS LITELY FOXED ,First Printing dust jacket as all titles listed on flaps are pre 1942 "Sad-faced Boy, Choo Choo, Mike Mulligan" and on the rear flap "Don Coyote" by Leigh Peck. Everyone knows that Houghton Mifflin denoted its First Printings by having the date appear on the title page. This book is the only exception and doesn't have the date on the title page. To identify it as a first it must not list subsequent printings, which this does NOT. ,Oblong Quarto, 28 PGS , Grey boards in rough condition with multiples staining/foxing marks. Dust Jacket in VG Condition like it was stored for years, dust jacket price clipped and has small "F… Read More