Product Details

Vintage 1939 hardcover edition of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton and published by Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press. Very early printing from the book’s original publication year. Copyright page states 1939 with no later printing listed.1 Features original color illustrations and tan pictorial cloth binding with Mike and Mary Anne. Fun provenance: vintage ownership label dated April 2, 1955 states the owner swapped ten comic books for this book at the New Bedford Free Public Library. Condition: Fair vintage condition. No dust jacket. Boards show heavy soiling, staining, rubbing and edge wear. Spine is heavily worn/frayed with splitting and losses; binding/hinges show significant wear. Pages have toning, spotting, staining and handling wear. Ownership label remains attached. Please review photos