On the Banks of Plum Creek~Laura Wilder~1st Edition~Little House On Prairie~1937

Description: She heard Pa shouting,"Jiminy crickets! It's raining fish-hooks and hammer handles!” Here we offer the first retail edition of the fourth book in the deeply moving and insightful classic children's "Little House on the Prairie" series, On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, with illustrations by Helen Sewell, published by Harper & Brothers, New York. The book was originally published in 1937, and all subsequent printings of the first edition bore that same date, but they were actually printed in the 1940's and 1950's. This copy, for instance, bears a 1937 date, but the "D-V" code indicates an April, 1946 printing, six years before the book went to a second edition with a different illustrator and the publisher became "Harper and Row". This is a stated "Thirteenth Edition", which is an archaic way of referring to print run. In modern terminology, this is a first edition; 13th print. The book comes wrapped in the highest quality facsimile of the first edition dust jacket you can only get here, digitally remastered and printed on coated heavyweight bond. The polymer coating on the paper ensures the brightest colors and sharpest prints, as the ink sits atop the paper rather than being absorbed into the fibers. Boards are edgeworn with a faded spine (please see pics). Intact endpapers bear a period inscription. Binding is very tight and square; text and illustrations are very clean, bright, and crisp. The book measures approximately 8.5 x 7-inches. The dust jacket comes sleeved in ph-neutral mylar and ready to slip into your collection. This well-preserved treasure will make a wonderful addition to your collection or a very thoughtful gift! Click HERE to see our other Little House On the Prairie offerings. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Please click HERE to peruse our shelf of other iconic children's firsts! ** Have you seen all the amazing first and rare editions of iconic books we offer? We gladly combine shipping and refund the shipping overpayment, so please check out our other items! -- other auctions of classic antiquarian literature and special gifts!** Thank you for your interest! ***Priority shipping options are available at checkout!***

Price: 299.95 USD

Location: Bronx, New York

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