Editore: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930
Da: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover. No Jacket. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1930 on Copyright pg. Early Edition bk in GOOD+/VG-Condition, AS-IS with Scuff marks & Rub to Some Pages, , NOJACKET, This Title being the NEXT TO LAST last one offered on the listing of the NEVER GROW OLD SERIES page which is adjacent to the half-title page which Lists Lil' Hannibal Last, VG-, AS-IS, , DARK Red Cloth CVR WITH Titled in Black with front Train Engine ON FRONT COVER,at Btm has some Light scuff rub, , 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. , Plain Red cloth rear board; ; This Edition DID NOT Have full-color pastedown on the front board , UNPAGINATED, EARLY Issue , List of books inside on verso front free endpaper, ending with this title 2ND TO LAST, . word 'Trademark' beneath title "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" on front Cvr. , ,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 Light wear FOX on edges, has stains blank Margin edges & tiny edge tear, Title pg has Little Blue Train Puffing smoke near Btm with LargeRed Title at Top of pg with fox edge stains, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, Glossy 2 page color Endpapers Light wear edge stains Fox, , 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.