Little Engine Edition First (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. George Hauman; Doris Hauman (illustrator). SSPECIAL MARKETS EDITION. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. George Hauman; Doris Hauman (illustrator). SSPECIAL MARKETS EDITION. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. George Hauman; Doris Hauman (illustrator). SSPECIAL MARKETS EDITION. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

HC. First Edition unpaginated, 32 pp., Illustrations Further A dventures of the Little Red Engine. Illustrated stiff board. Moderate wear at spine, vey faint foxing on fly leaves. Excellent for a children's favourite of this age.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: NA. The Little Engine That Could (4 COPIES!!) Platt & Munk Co., No. 358 Retold by Watty Piper 2 (both) are First Edition, First printing 'A' variants, 1930. According to expert Stan Zielinski in his website on collecting childrens books. The third copy is a 3rd edition with no copyright statement to the front pastedown and 'Lil Hannibal' in the title list. Printed around 1938 and in lovely and bright condition without the dust wrapper. CONDITION NOTES: Hardcovers. Both are nearly identical First editions and this title last on the list 'Never Grow Old Series' verso of the front fep. ) printed the same year. A dust wrapper is present (with one book only) and in very good (unclipped) condition which also matches the copyright statement on the pastedown front cover. Uncommon in such very nice condition and very attractive on the display shelf. The better one in Near Fine(NF), the other with the name & date on the front fep is Very Good (VG). The last example is in red bds (without the pastedown FC) in blue inked illustrated titles, small ink owner name upper front ep, (sme colored ep's as all the others) and fine color illustrations throughout. I have designated this a reading copy in case you have children or grand (Great-grand!) children to whom you can read this to. No child should grow up without it. NOTE: It has taken me over 20 years to find and collect all 3 of these copies. I hope they will find a good home(s) and be enjoyed for generations to come.

HC. First Edition unpaginated, 32 pp., Illustrations Further A dventures of the Little Red Engine. Illustrated stiff board. Light wear of cover, very light soiling of end papers. Excellent for a children's favourite of this age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 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, DJ Spine end small chips, BACK DJ tiny extremities chips , Red Cloth CVR WITH PASTE-ON LABEL Titled in Black AT TOP 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 beautiful Books for children 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, Book Condition:NF, Binding is tight, stitc 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 tiny sticker Nice & Bright, BOTH Inner Flaps DJ BLANK , 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 goo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1930 on Copyright pg. First Edition / First Printing bk in 3RD 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, GOOD-/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 with Made in U.S.A. NO. 358 Platt & Munk Inc at Btm front Cvr has some FOX scuff rub, pencil marks but Titles & Illustration relatively Bright, Book Condition: GOOD- with Interior tight, Light Fox & with small light edge stain on pg & some Pencil marks pgs Thruout . 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. ,Front Inner DJ Flap Titled in Black with bk blurb has Small Square cut out 3/4 X 3/4 inch in Blank Margin. Minor edge and corner wear; Lightly scuffed and scratched; BACK DJ light wear & Tiny chips edge Tears Lists starts with Children of other lands , listing 6 Titles at top in Black & ENDS WITH Animal Friends Story Book & has PICTURED IN B/W/ on back DJ , Stories children Love & Children of Other Lands & SAYING PRICE IS $1.50 EACH BK, 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 blue lettering. GOOD Dustjacket has light rub, wear FOX & small Mended tears Extremities & Tiny round Hole front Left of DJ, UNPAGINATED, First Issue with 14 leaves which are 2 sided Pages. List of books inside on verso front free endpaper, ending with this title. DJ Illustration Matches front cvr Illustration. Red boards, with front paste-down image; Absence of the word 'Trademark' beneath title "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" on front Cvr. there are pencil marks sporadically throughout the pages, 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, & 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 with Pencil Marks, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, Glossy 2 page color Endpapers small stain & some pencil mrks, Back Inner Flap DJ Lists bks every child should have starts with book of Indians ends with Nursery Tales Children Love, Back endpaper Pencil Name,"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.