Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
Hardie Gramatky was born in Dallas, TX, in 1907 but moved to California as a small boy after his father died of tuberculosis. He attended Stanford University (earning the tuition by working as a logger and a bank teller) and Chouinard Art Institute before becoming one of Disney’s early animators in 1929. In the 1920s and 30s, he helped start the California Watercolor movement. In 1936, after a 6-year Disney contract expired, he left the company (earning $150 a week, a huge sum in the Depression) to move to New York City with his wife, artist Dorothea Cooke, to become illustrators. It was there, in his studio on Pearl Street, that Gramatky saw a Moran tugboat out his window that obviously didn’t want to work and kept making figure 8s on the East River. So in 1939 after painting many watercolors of the busy harbor, Gramatky wondered what would happen if a “tug didn’t want to tug” and wrote the story. The book got immediate attention and has been a favorite picture book ever since, and Gramatky’s fine art watercolors and giclée prints continue to be prized. He died of cancer of the ileum in Westport, Connecticut, on April 29, 1979.
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Little Toot
by GRAMATKY, Hardie
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- 1939
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Sixteenth impression. Very good with stains to cloth cover, moderate edgewear, lacking the dustwrapper. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie (1907-1979)
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- 1946
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Galway, IRL
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London : J. M. Dent & Sons , 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: Pages unnumbered. Subjects: Children's fiction; boats. Genre: Children's fiction. Language: English. Item Price
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Little Toot by Gramatky, Hardie
by Hardie Gramatky
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- 1959
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Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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Putnam Juvenile, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good - Collectible/Very Good. Author inscribed (personalized with drawing of Little Toot) 25th impression G P. Putnam's Sons. Jacket shows short tears and rub at spine (price intact). Tight binding text unmarked. Also includes note and doodle signed by author. Please email for photos. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- First Edition, Thirteenth Impression.
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- 1939
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Stanley, New York, USA
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New York: G. P. Putnam, 1939. Book. Illus. by Hardie Gramatky, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Thirteenth Impression.. Thirteenth Impression (so stated) of the first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with black tugboat illustration and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky
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- 1946
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San Diego, California, USA
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Dent, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Clean, tight & unmarked text. P.O. inscription neatly written half title page dated Xmas 1946. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering and outline of little toot on front cover. Protected in clear archival mylar cover. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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N Y: G.P. Putman's Sons. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 7""w x 8""h. Edge wear and small tears to dust jacket. Later printing; circa 1970's. Item Price
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Little Toot (SIGNED COPY)
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- reprint
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- 1967
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardie Gramatky. SIGNED BY GRAMATKY ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Brown cloth covers, color illustrated dust jacket, decorated endpapers, numerous color illustrations by Gramatky throughout. Light edgewear to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, paste-down front endpaper partially detached from cover at hinge, though binding still intact; overall… Read more about this item Item Price
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LITTLE TOOT
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- 1939
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Pomona, New York, USA
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1939. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Minor wear to jacket edges. Owner name to rear pastedown. Owner name and writing to title page. Weekly Reader book club edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- 8/25/1997 12:00:01 A
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HILLSIDE, New Jersey, USA
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Puffin Books, 8/25/1997 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.3937 in x 7.5591 in x 6.9291 in. Bumps on corners* Crease on cover* Crease on a few pages* Item Price
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Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1959-08-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399201448
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San Diego, California, USA
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Putnam Juvenile, 1959-08-01. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1967, 23rd impression. Clean, tight & unmarked in green cloth boards. NOT an Xlib. Price-clipped Dust jacket has light edgewear and a few tiny abrasions on spine, now protected in a new archival grade Mylar sleeve. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via USPS with delivery… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- 1965
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- Pictorial Boards
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London, Greater London, GBR
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NZ$158.19
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Tadworth: A World's Work Children's Book 1965. 8vo.Illustrated. Unpaginated. Yellow spine over colour pictorial boards. Boards edgeworn. Colour illustrations throughout by the author. . Good. Pictorial Boards. 1965. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- Weekly Reader Children\'s Book Club
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- 1939
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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NZ$6.74
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New York, Putnam, 1939. Believed 1st Edition, no publication date stated. 80 pages in VG condition with no DJ. 7 1/4 x 8". Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- 1939
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, USA
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Book. Illus. by also Gramatky, delightful color lithographs of the famous little tug boat. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition, with no later printings mentioned, and definitely NOT the common Weekly Reader Book Club edition. Original ble cloth binding, protected in a clear,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie (1907-1979)
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- No Dust Jackets As Issued
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- Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition
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- 1939
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- Library Bindings
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DeLand, Florida, USA
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New York: G. P. Putman's, 1939. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition. Library Bindings. Very Good/No Dust Jackets As Issued. Illustrated by the Author..
No Flaws or Blemishes but shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. First printed in 1939, this copy likely early 1970s.. Bernhard August "Hardie" Gramatky, Jr. was an American painter, author, and illustrator. In a… Read more about this item Item Price
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LITTLE TOOT
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition; Fourth Printing
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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NZ$57.08
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G. P. Putnam's Sons NY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very good, first edition, stated fourth printing. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Lacks jacket. Modest shelf wear.. (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 8/1/1959 12:00:01 AM
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399201448
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Simi Valley, California, USA
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Putnam Juvenile, 8/1/1959 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Acceptable. . 1967 full-color reprint. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, loose hinges, pages clean. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Puffin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Item Price
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Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky.
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- No Jacket
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Binghamton, New York, USA
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New York: Putnam's, 1939. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Art by the author. 54242 CF shelf. Weekly Reader. Printed long after 1939. Pictorial gray bds. No names, clean text. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Nice large type. Fresh!
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- Good
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- 1939
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East Granby, Connecticut, USA
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Twentieth printing, copyright 1939, this copy most likely from the 1950s or early 1960s. Near fine in good to very good dustjacket. blue hardcover, illustrated endpapers, color illustrations throughout, illustrated dustjacket. The book looks and feels about new and unread, with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot
by Gramatky, Hardie
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399224195
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Hobe Sound, Florida, USA
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NZ$2.69
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Putnam Juvenile. Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 039922419x . Ex-Library; 0.52 x 8.05 x 7.33 Inches; 96 pages . Item Price
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