Description
No Jacket. The Very Good binding is green cloth over boards, guilt stamped cover including the illustration, guilt stamping on the spine, slight corner bumping, front cover has a
stain 2″ from bottom outer edge and center of top 1″ long, rear cover stain top center 1.5″ wide and long. Black illustrations on the end papers. Ink writing dated March 4, 1944 on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The illustrations are great, color and black-and-white illustrations, can be found throughout the book.
Fairy tale selections:
The Hare That RAN Away; THE Little RABBIT Who WANTED RED WINGS; THE Story of Doctor Doolittle; Why The Parrot WAs So Strong; Why Pigs HAVE Curly TAILS; The Story of Little Black Sambo; Ameliaranne At THE CIRCUS; THE Gunniwolf; THE BUN; THE LITTLE CREAM Cheese; How To Tell The Corn Fairies;THE Story of A Bold Rabat; The Three LITTLE PIGS AND THE Ogre; The Rhyming PRINCE; 9
The Proud Bear; The Story of the Little Pig; The Guinea-pig’s TAIL.
About the illustrator:
Kate Seredy (November 10, 1899 – March 7, 1975) was an American writer and illustrator of children’s books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her books were written in English, which was not her first language. Notable awards: Newbery Medal; 1938 Wikipedia
