Description
No Dust Jacket as issued. The Very Good+ binding is staple-bound, illustrated paper over boards with a paper spine, the front cover shows a kitten playing with a ball of string with red and blue lettering, the rear cover has advertising for The Little Golden Library, light corner-wear. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The lovely color illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky can be found at the turn of every page. The book measures 6.7″ wide x 8.0″ tall.
First Edition, “A” is present on the last page.
About the author: (from the book)
While Phyllis McGinley is best known for her sophisticated light verse, she has also written three other children’s books: THE HORSE THAT LIVED UPSTAIRS, The PLAIN PRINCESS, and ALL AROUND THE TOWN. She considers Colorado and Utah her home states, and now lives in Larchmont, New York.
About the illustrator: (from the book)
Feodor Rojankovsky has illustrated over forty books, including THE Golden Bible and Ani MAL STORIEs, both Giant Golden Books, Born in Russia, he now lives in the United States and has background of fashion and stage design and advertising art.
About the publishers:
The Little Golden Books were printed in September 1942 and for sale in stores in October. One and a half million books were sold in just five months. With an initial series of twelve titles each having a print run of 50,000 copies, the first Little Golden Books were priced at a very affordable 25 cents each. Little Golden Books started with publishing firm Simon & Schuster; Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin was Simon & Schuster’s partner in the Little Golden Books venture, with Western handling print operations. Ownership and control of the series have changed several times since; today, Penguin Random House is its current publisher. (Wikipedia)
