The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. First edition. 8vo, 128pp. Illustrations by Roberta Rauch. Brown cloth with yellow lettering and fish illustration on front cover in illustrated jacket. Toning to edges of boards and endpapers, page block edge lightly foxed. Former owner's name on ffep else clean internally and very good. Jacket shows chipping at spine ends and along upper edge of front panel. Spine and rear panel toned and soiled. Original price of $2.00 intact. A good example.
First edition of this early work, being a collection of stories, from Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon. Charming line illustrations by Roberta Rauch. Uncommon in jacket. Item #5813
Price: $150.00