Vintage 1955 Children's Hardcover Picture Book Slappy: The Story of a Little Duck Cathryn Taylor Elsie Church Bonnie Books
Vintage 1955 Children's Hardcover Picture Book Slappy: The Story of a Little Duck Cathryn Taylor Elsie Church Bonnie Books
1955 Samuel Lowe Company/James & Jonathan, Inc children's hardcover picture book, Bonnie Books edition, first printing.
This is a vintage used item, in good used condition, with some signs of age/wear; cover bears light rubbing/scuffing, edgewear and associated corner wear/rounding, minor points of distress, faint demarcation front top left. Interior pages show clean, creamy-white, with good preservation of full-color illustrations and bold black typeset; little wear/some tanning; demarcation to title page. Spine remains straight, with heavy shelfwear/peeling, while binding is still intact/secure and square-in-hand, but dry. There are no excessive nicks, chips, rips, tears, perforations, stains, residue or repairs. The book measures approx 6" x 8".