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The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930 HBDJ, 1930 on Copyright pg. First Edition / First Printing WITHOUT WORD TRADEMARK On Front Cvr, in 2nd 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/VG-, AS-IS, ,Red Cloth CVR WITH PASTE-ON LABEL, WITHOUT WORD TRADEMARK On Front Cvr, 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 Left has some FOX scuff rub but Titles & Illustration Bright, Book Condition: GOOD with Interior nice tight, Light Fox & with small light edge stain on pg & some Pencil marks on Last few pgs. . 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. ,Front Inner DJ Flap Titled in Blue with bk blurb. Minor edge and corner wear; Lightly scuffed and scratched; Back DJ light wear Lists thru Little red Hen & grain of wheat, Some white crayon on the rear board; corners are lightly bumped and… Read More

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930 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 &… Read More

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930 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 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 thru Animal Friends Story Book, Plain… Read More

The Little Engine That Could (YES.... 3 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.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).… Read More

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1930. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Square 8vo. First printing. Original red cloth, with a glossy, color cover illustration and 9 titles listed on the verso of the front free endpaper, ending with this title. No "trademark" under the title, and in the lower left corner a two line imprint beginning with "No. 358." A near fine copy with only light wear. The dustwrapper is later, with no prices on the rear flap with with ten titles listed. There are closed tears along the upper and lower edges, and a small piece lacking near the bottom rear of the spine. It still gives a very good appearance, with minimal soiling. The tale was written by Arnold Munk under the name of Watty Piper, from oral tales as well as 1902 and 1910 printings by Mary Jacobs, later Mabel Bragg, under the title "The Pony Engine'. .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lenski, Lois. Lovely copy of this classic children's story, retold by Walter Piper from the original 1916 story, "The Pony Engine'' by Mabel C. Bragg, with charming illustrations in both duotone & full color by acclaimed children's book artist Lois Lenski. A FIRST EDITION, first printing in this format from 1934, showing itself last in the list of other titles in P&M's "Never Grow Old Series" edited by Piper, & with No. 358 to front pastedown. NO DJ, but the book is in stunning, Near Fine condition, with red cloth-covered boards & a colorful front paper pastedown, which shows just slight rubbing & very light soil. Slight rubbing & bumping to corners & both ends of spine. Interior pages are starkly white, colors bright, with a bit of a red dye transfer from title page to frontispiece. Sewn binding strong &… Read More

Platt & Munk, NY, NY, 1945 HBDJ, 1945, 1st edition THUS, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, 1945. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hauman, George & Doris (illustrator). Oblong 12 Vo Pictorial Yellow boards with Black Titles & Illustration match DJ. DJ w/chipping, tears, unclipped price; pictorial end papers; Yellow pictorial cloth cvr has Clear Tape Reinforcement at Spine BTM; unpaged. (bright and tight); 8 1/4 X 7 1/4 IN. Back Inner Dj Flap lists 4 Books ending with Scat, Scat, Back DJ continues front Illustration showing 3 Trains car being pulled by Blue 1 & they are filled with Animals & 2 Giraffes & Toys s Farmer sitting on fence by Apple Tree Waves to Train. , Color GLOSSY pictorial Endpapers of 2 trains 1 Red with Bears & Children & another Blue front train car with Smoke at Intersection in Country & Elephant & Farmer & Cow & Barn & 2 trains Cars in Distance, Color Frontispiece of Blue trains car pulling 4 crs with clown,… Read More

Platt & Munk, NY, NY, 1945 ,Color GLOSSY pictorial Endpapers of 2 trains 1 Red with Bears & Children & another Blue front train car with Smoke at Intersection in Country & Elephant & Farmer & Cow & Barn & 2 trains Cars in Distance, Color Frontispiece of Blue trains car pulling 4 crs with clown, Elephant, Bear & children & Flowers with faces on green Grass, HBDJ, 1945, 1st edition THUS, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is worn around the edges including creases and several small tears but Front DJ Very Nice. Most of the dust jacket wear which includes small hip & Tears edges is on the back of the DJ book.. Some pages have finger print stains. No writing or markings on pages. Binding is straight and tight. 1945. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hauman, George & Doris (illustrator). Oblong 12 Vo Pictorial Yellow boards with Black Titles & Illustration match DJ. DJ w/chipping, tears, unclipped… Read More

Platt and Munk, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket 1st Edition. 8vo, red illus. stamped boards, a near fine copy, later state with Lil Hannibal as the last title and with trade mark under the title, prob. late 1930's. small scratch on front cover, all pages clean and unmarked, gift incription to first owner inside front cover

New York: Platt & Munk Co., 1930. Clean and bright in sound binding. VG+, no dust jacket. Lists to Lil' Hannibal on page opposite half title page.Spot of wear to bottom of spine. . First Edition Early Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Louis L. Lenski. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Ink, 1930. Early Printing. Hardcover. Slim octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Red papered boards with blue lettering and decoration to front cover. Chipping along spine, especially at head and tail. Bumping to corners. Slight discoloration to bottom of textblock from mild water damage. Previous owner's name written in the top left corner of the front free pastedown. Remnants of a library sticker adhered to rear pastedown. Light soiling throughout textblock, especially along the fore edge from thumbing. Color and black and white illustrations throughout textblock. Shelved under front counter. 1370886. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Acceptable hardcover. NO dust jacket. Wear around edges, corners and spine. Several pages stained. Corner ripped off one page. First edition. 8vo, 20pp.

UK.slim,landscape 12mo HB,Pop-up,1st edn thus. [Retold, abridged(?) from The Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg, (US), George C. Doran. Originally,first published by The Platt & Munk Co. Inc.,New York,1930.Reprinted several times,the 1st edn particulary in 1930 in several states' edns,1945, 1954,1961 and 1984 - this edn,the first published British edn thus,as a Pop-up.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around,colour pictorial illustrated paper-covered boards,by Richard Walz,with capitalised,black-lettered title and re-telling author credit to front board; spine/backstrip with black lettered title and publisher's name,rear board with continuation of colour pictorial illustration of train pulling several carriages with various animals and other characters aboard the train - a clown as the train driver. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Contents bright, tight,generally clean overall… Read More

Dutton. Collectible - Very Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1998. First Printing; book only no Train. Hard Cover. 0525460292 (I286) does not include wind-up train .

New York By The Platt & Munk Co.,, 1945 HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1945, 1ST EDITION THUS, Early Issue, Oblong Yellow Cloth Hardcover Illustrated & Titled in Black. Book Condition: Very Good-. NOJACKET . Book very good-, minor wear at ends of spine and corners, .size is 7 1/4"x8 3/16" Approx. Pages are glossy paper with no tears. Very mild edgewear, UNPAGINATED. Small residue Cvr & light soil .Color Frontispiece of Train in Country With Smoke coming out & Carrying a Clown in Green & White Trimmed in Red Atop Lead Car Waving.. First Thus. Hard Cover.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Platt & Munk/ Grosset and Dunalp, 2000. 1st Edit 1st print (THUS), large hardcover lift-the-flap board book, NEW, no marks or blemishes, covers have very light shelf wear. Immed shipping w/tracking incl.. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEW. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Golden Press. Very Good/No Jacket. 1954. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall NW-Very good small hardcover (Golden Book); previous owner signatures, edge/corner wear. "A" and .29 cent cover price. golden spine .

New York: Golden Press. Very Good/No Jacket. 1954. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall UNIONS M BR-Very good golden book, "A" on the last page. Corner wear, NO writing or other signs of ownership. golden spine .

New York.: Philomel., 2005.. First edition. Stated first impression.. Hardcover.. Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated in black, white and color by Loren Long. Very scarce in this condition.

Poster. A large, original promotional poster for the book The Little Engine That Could (Philomel, 2005), written by Watty Piper and illustrated by Loren Long. Size: 26.5 x 17.5 inches. Condition: Folded into sixths as issued, otherwise with a touch of rubbing to the folds and a couple of light dimples. Book description: "Everyone loves The Little Engine That Could, that classic tale of the determined little engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on the other side of a mountain. Now the great Loren Long (Otis; Of Thee I Sing) has brilliantly re-illustrated this classic story, bringing it exuberantly to life for today’s child." Will be mailed rolled in a heavy card tube and shipped the next business day after payment is received. Posters rolled in a tube need to ship via Priority Mail or Fed Ex; please choose expedited shipping at the time of purchase.