Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 4,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) BURTON, VIRGINIA LEE. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Pictorial half-title and title and color illustrations throughout by Burton. 4to, publisher's pictorial linen; original pictorial dust jacket, 2 1/2-inch closed tear at bottom of front panel, 1-inch long oval chip to outer edge of back panel not affecting image, some light edge creasing and small nicks not affecting lettering, colors bright; internally clean and unmarked. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939

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first edition, in the truly scarce dust jacket in unrestored condition, unclipped, and binding absolutely clean. One of the most popular American children's books of the last century.