Unfortunately, many booksellers abuse the term "first edition" when it comes to the Little House books. Wilder's books were first published in the 1930s and were originally illustrated by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. They were popular and reprinted many times.
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The Little House is the story of a house that is swallowed up by a growing city but is rescued in the end by being moved to the country. Like the machine-heroines in her other books, the house has human characteristics and feelings such as curiosity, loneliness, fear, and happiness. Little House on the Prairie: Full Color Edition (Little House, 3) Wilder, Laura Ingalls Language: English Published by HarperCollins (edition First Edition), 2004 ISBN 10: 0060581816 / ISBN 13: 9780060581817 Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
(5-star seller) Contact seller First Edition Used - Softcover Condition: Fair. The name "Little House" appears in the first and third novels in the series, while the third is identically titled Little House on the Prairie. The second novel, meanwhile, was about her husband's childhood.
The first draft of a ninth novel was published posthumously in 1971 and is commonly included in the series. [2]. The winner of the 1942 Caldecott Medal for The Little House, Burton's books include heroes and happy endings, lively illustrations, and a dash of nostalgia.
She lived with her two sons, Aristides and Michael, and her husband George Demetrios, the sculptor, in a section of Gloucester, Massachusetts, called Folly Cove. Explore the original Little House novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder, capturing pioneer life and adventures in timeless tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942.
First edition, first printing with 1942 listed on the title page. About Fine with faint stain to rear cover, small bookseller ticket to front free endpaper, else a very sharp and bright copy, in a correct first printing dust jacket, Near Fine, unclipped, with edge wear, a medium-sized chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel, light staining and several. A first edition copy of The Little House, the 1943 Caldecott Medal winning book, is coming up for auction on July 12, 2007 at PBA Galleries.
The first edition The Little House is very difficult to find, and some have estimated the book will sell for close to $10,000. The original Little House books were a series of eight autobiographical children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Harper & Brothers from 1932 to 1943: 1. Little House in the Big Woods (1932) 2.
Farmer Boy (1933) - featuring the childhood of Laura's husband 3. Little House on the Prairie (1935) 4.