THE MODERN STORY BOOK

Rand McNally, New York, 1950, 1^st thus.  Large format vintage hard cover, 72 pages.  Illustrated boards have some corner, spine and shelf wear, small ding at top front edge which has exposed a bit of board, binding sound; a few marks on outer page block.  Similarly illustrated dust jacket shows edge and cover wear, short tears and small losses, bit of soil/marks.  Vintage Santa sticker placed over price; prior owner’s name hidden on verso of front flap.  Illustrated end papers; 2 small ink marks on front end paper; remainder of interior unmarked with occasional smudge/age spot; colour illustrations by Paul Pinson; pp. 22/23 has remnants of small fern bough in margins.  ‘Here is something excitingly different to delight boys and girls – a really modern story book as bright and up-to-the minute as a jet airplane.  Children will love these lively and appealing tales of trains, planes, fire engines, tractors, and other fascinating machines, whose adventures are as entertaining as they are varied.’ (from front flap)