Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938
First Edition, First printing, Second State A near fine copy of the FIRST printing, in the second state dated 1938 to the title page with the “sitting elf” playing the flute. (First Printings in the first state have a “bowing elf”).
The book is in the original slightly toned oatmeal cloth boards with sharp corners, and no edgewear. The book was professionally recased to create a strong and secure binding, allowing the book to be readable, without loose bindings and the common cracked hinges. The front and rear end papers are in clean condition with no owner names, no bookstore stamps and no inscriptions, and depicts the map of the “Wilderland” to the front and rear end papers. The internal pages are very clean with No handling marks, No stains, No creased or bent pages. All pages present, including all the color plates and the black and white illustrations. This copy has the sitting elf playing the flute on the title page which makes this book a True edition, First printing in the second state. A clean example and delightful to read. Please see images.
A fantastic clean copy of the first US printing of one of the most important books of the 20th century.
