The Little Fire Engine (Two Pieces - Book and Plaque)

Lenski, Lois

Published by Henry Z. Walck, New York, 1960

About this Item

This set includes the 1960 printing of the book and a homemade plaque created by pasting the illustration of the fire truck from an earlier dust jacket onto wood and cutting it out with a jigsaw Size: 12 mo (7-7 1/2") Oblong. 45 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Very Good+ hardcover bound in red cloth over boards with the illustration of a fire truck and title in black on the front cover and title in black on the spine. Wear at the tips of the corners and two small water spots in the bottom third of the front cover, not affecting any text. Very Good-/Good+ price clipped dust jacket with the price $2.25 written in pencil and erased at the top of the front flap. The number 20 is written in marker at the top left side of the front panel. The folds and spine are a bit dirty from handling or exposure. There is a half-inch tear at the top of the front panel, which has torn horizontally across the spine (repaired with archival paper tape). There is an old adhesive tape repair of a tear at the bottom of the front cover, wear at the foot of the spine and some red that appears to have bled through from the cover fabric at the lower left corner of the rear panel. The jacket is now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. There is a Christmas inscription dated 1961 on the inside front cover, written in blue ink. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; United States; 1960s; Main Picture: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine (Book and plaque) - Front of the dust jacket of the book and cut-out plaque created from the dust jacket illustration. Picture 2: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine (Book and plaque) - Front of the dust jacket of the book and cut-out plaque created from the dust jacket illustration. Picture 3: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine - Front panel and spine of the dust jacket. Picture 4: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine - Rear panel of the dust jacket and page edges. Picture 5: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine - Front cover and spine. Picture 6: Lenski (1960), The Little Fire Engine - Rear cover and page edges. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1367.

Seller Inventory # 1367

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Little Fire Engine (Two Pieces - Book and Plaque)
• Publisher: Henry Z. Walck, New York
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lois Lenski
• Edition: Later Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children