1933 edition of Stories Children Love, edited by Watty Piper, illustrated by Lois Lenski, Eulalie Minfred Banks, and Elizabeth Colborne.
Edited by Watty Piper. Illustrated by Lois Lenski, Eulalie Minfred Banks, and Elizabeth Colborne. 1933 edition. The Platt & Munk Co, Inc, New York.
Watty Piper was the pseudonym of Arthur Munk, co-founder of Platt & Munk publishers.
The stories are accompanied by the quality of illustrations that children remember. It's always a shame when illustrators are not properly credited. But "I spy with my little eye..." three of the great 20th century children's book illustrators:
Lois Lenski: frontispiece of Cinderella and the Prince, full-page, Cinderella, Jack and The Beanstalk
Eulalie Minfred Banks: Little Red Riding Hood, The Story of Peter Pan, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Bears, Puss in Boots, Tom Thumb,
Elizabeth Colborne: full-page Cinderella's Godmother, full-page Jack climbing the beanstalk,
CONTENTS
Little Red Riding Hood -
The Story of Peter Pan
Dick Whittington and His Cat
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
The Three Bears
Puss in Boots
Tom Thumb
Jack and The Beanstalk
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Condition*: Good. Lacks dust jacket, as issued. Green cloth cover boards embossed in black. Moderate shelf wear; edge wear on the top, bottom, and fore edge. The spine is scuffed and bumped with a small closed tear near the tail. Child's name written in pencil on front flyleaf. Binding and hinges are intact and book is complete but pages are tanned and some show children's fingerprints. Text block is dampstained at lower right corner. Cinderella section has four pages with small closed tears and one page with a bottom right corner torn off. The marketing and sales order page in the back of the book is missing.
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Jan 25, 2020
Book just as seen. Book was wrapped with a lovely note. Would order again
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