first edition hardcover
1941
by McCloskey
Viking Press, 1941. first. hardcover. very godd/very good. First edition, first published August 1941 stated on copyright page. With later dust jacket (Junior Literary Guild). Book very good, some rubbing along edges and corners, some soiling along some edges of pages, small tear at bottom of page from front free end paper page to page where people are sitting on benches on boat; glue showing through at paste-downs, penciled in duck on half-title page, "the end" penciled on verso of rear free end paper with small drawing. Dust jacket very good, some edge wear.
(Inventory #: 2107001)