Piper, Watty
Children of Other Lands
NY: Platt and Munk: 1956. 4to orange cloth covers titled and illustrated in black. Pages unnumbered. 5 full page color illustrations and black and white woodcuts on every page. Gift inscription on FEP. Otherwise clean and tight. Watty Piper the invention of P and M editors. No actual author indicated. Illustrations by the Hollings. ISBN: Bookseller Inventory #6072
¬ Price: US$ 54.00
Illustrations by the Hollings
Piper, Watty
Children of Other Lands
NY: Platt and Munk: 1956¬ 4to orange cloth covers titled and illustrated in black. Pages unnumbered. 5 full page color illustrations and black and white woodcuts on every page. Gift inscription on FEP. Otherwise clean and tight. Watty Piper the invention of P and M editors. No actual author indicated. Illustrations by the Hollings.
Bookseller Inventory #7312
Price:¬ US$¬ 54.00
SOLD
[Holling, H.C., Illus]
Folk Tales Children Love
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc. 1934.¬ Hard Cover. Maroon cloth with pastdown. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Approx. 60 pages. Brilliant illustrations. Illustrator unidentified but clearly H.C. Holling. Twin to "The Road in Storyland." Spine ends slightly frayed, back of cover with with waterstain. Interior immaculate. Cover illustration slightly penciled. No dust jacket.
Bookseller Inventory #7309
Price:¬ US$¬ 105.00
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"Piper, Watty", author
The Road In Storyland
The Platt & Munk Co, 1932 Stories include: The Rooster and the Fox; The Pine Tree and Its Needles; Olaf and the Three Goats; The Cap That Mother Made; boot and His Brothers; King Midas; the Dog and his Shadow; The Hare and the Hedgehog; How Brother Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant; How Little Bunny Rabbit caught the Sun; the Little Turtle that could Not Stop Talking; the Shoemaker and the Elves; The Elephant and the Monkey; the donkey"s Story; The Stone in the Road; The Star Dipper; the old woman Who Wanted all the Cakes; The Easter Rabbit; Little Half Chick; the country Mouse and the City Mouse. Few children's books have ever been so delightfully illustrated as this classic by the Hollings.
COPY1: 1st. [Star] Edition. Hard Cover in Red cloth with paste on illustration. 10X 12 inches. Pages un-numbered (Baumgarten:106pps) Triangular b&w colophon of rabbit. List of 12 additional Watty piper titles at back. Decorative end-papers. Owner's name on front FEP and rear pastedown. Spine ends and corners rubbed. Small dents to bottom cover. No DJ, as issued. A near fine copy. Rare to find a good copy, especially a first edition in this condition. Bookseller Inventory #7163 Price $160.00
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COPY2: 1st [Star] edition Large 4to [10X12 inches] hardcover with blue cloth bordered and titled in gold. Paste down cover illustration in color.Decorative Endpapers. Pages unnumbered. (Baumgarten:106pps) Corners bumped, spine tattered. Front hinge taped. List of 12 additional Watty piper titles at back. A number of page tears, some repaired, some not. None of the wonderful illustrations is damaged. Very bright and inviting. Same cover as appears to the left of this listing only in blue. Bookseller Inventory # 208 Price: US$¬ 60.00