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NY:: Viking,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. B0006BLRYG . Illustrated by the author. A reissue of the the author's first book originally published in 1936. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear with one small chip, old sale price on front flap, a few small clear tape repairs on verso) sdust jacket. .

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, unpaginated, two-color lithographs by William Pene Du Bois, scarce 1st edition of author's 1st book, clean, tight copy, circular moisture stain on back cover. Record # 800853

New York: Viking, 1936. First. hardcover. very good(-)/good. Illustrated by the author. Square 16mo, pictorial yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Thomas Nelson, 1936. First Edition.<br/> <br/> His very scarce first book written at the age of 19. The top of the spine is slightly chewed, some pages are dog-eared, the end leaves are browned & there is a gift inscription. the dust wrapper is separated at one fold & lightly worn at the edges, but otherwise intact, with the $.75 price. Better than it sounds!<br/> <br/>

New York: Thomas Nelson, 1936. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition of Pène du Bois's notoriously scarce first book, about the ghost of a cow who is a little too sweet to scare people. Earliest version of this tale of the afterlife of the gentlest cow, sold to the publisher when du Bois was only 19 and a student at the Carnegie School of Technical Architecture; seizing the opportunity of this early success, he left school and never went back. In 1964, du Bois rewrote the text of this first edition and re-drew the illustrations for a new publication of the engagingly tragic tale; the exceedingly hard-to-find original shows starker scenes in black and white, with a haunting, floating Elisabeth the Cow the only subject in color: a fetching buttercup yellow. The Cow's trouble, familiar to many frustrated young children, lies in her inability to terrify a grown man; this is due to her gentle nature and frankly adorable physique, the former of which cannot be camouflaged by any fearful disguise.… Read More