First Edition, First Printing

Second Issue

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition, first printing, second issue. Bound in publisher's illustrated pink paper-covered boards; lacking publisher's box. Good or better, with heavy slant to spine, wear to covers heaviest at joints. Buttons missing from the button box, with damage to verso of page and causing damage to Daddy's scratchy face illustration. One of the most uncommon first editions in modern children's books.