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New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1937. Very Good. New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1937. First Edition. Signed by Munro Leaf with Noodle doodle and brief inscription to previous owner. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrations. Brown boards stamped in black and tan. No dust jacket. Light wear with minor soiling to boards. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket to front free endpaper; contemporary ownership inscription to same; pages otherwise unmarked.

New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine+. Inscribed Fourth Printing (so stated) of this important collaboration of two beloved children's book artists, Ludwig Bemelmans and Munro Leaf. Oblong royal 8vo (198 x 253mm): [52], including numerous full- and partial page color illustrations. Publisher's mid-brown cloth lettered and decorated in yellow and black; illustrated dust jacket priced $1.50. Inscribed by Leaf (and with doodle) on fly-leaf: "To / Charles / with all the best wishes / Noodle and / Munro Leaf." Slight slant to spine, else tightly bound and clean and bright throughout, about Fine; Near Fine or better jacket (very light edge wear, closed tear skillfully repaired to back panel). Scarce in any edition, particularly signed, with First Search identifying only six copies of this fourth printing. Originally published in 1937. When Noodle, a dachshund, is granted a wish from the good dog fairy to be any size and shape, he decides to remain Noodle. N. B.… Read More