Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
First printing with a matching date of 1939 on the title page. There is some overall light soiling to the cloth. The last few leaves have some waviness along the lower edge. A 1 1/8" tear to the lower edge of one leaf. A few spots of minor soiling to the text. To the front pastedown is "Number 32" written to the upper corner, near the fore edge. This is hidden by the jacket flap. The dust jacket is well chipped along all edges, spine ends and corners. There are also several rough tears. The longest of these is to the lower, front, near the fore edge. There is clear tape repairing this tear as well as another piece, repairing a tear to the lower, center of the front panel. Price clipped. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall
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