Jolly Animals by Gaggin, E. R - 1930

Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The corners suffer from minor shelf wear damage. The text block includes extensive illustrations by Keith Ward. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rand McNally & Co.. Fair/No Jacket. 1930. Cloth. Wheat colored, cloth hardcover boards. All corners of the covers are worn. There is a brown spot on the inside of the front board that corresponds to the Fep. This spot is also evident on the next two pages. Pages are tight. All color illustrations are bold. The illustration on the front cover is missing. Page 94 has a small piece missing at the corner. This edition is a slight grade above a reading copy. .

Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Beige hardcover cloth binding is missing the picture pastedown on the cover, a couple small fragments of it remain. Rubbed on all corners and edges, illustrated endpapers have spots and foxing, but interior pages are mostly clean and bright - a few closed tears and light soiling but not bad. Keith Ward went on to illustrate some of the Walter Farley Black Stallion books. First edition with notatio of 10MA-30 and publisher m ark on copyright page. 110 pages.. Illus. by Ward, Keith. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, gift inscription on half-title.. 1930. Hardcover. Tan cloth with color illustration mounted to front boards. Many humorous illustrations by Keith Ward in color and in black and white. Charming collection of stories for children about a Little Old Dame who lived in a Little White Cottage with a cat named Moll, a bird named Poll, a duck named Quack, a goose named Puff, a dog named Rough and a nameless pig. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 110 pages .

GAGGIN, E.R. Jolly Animals. With Illustrations by Keith Ward. NY: Rand McNally [1930]. 4to, 111pp. Grey cloth with spine stamped in black and color pictorial label affixed to the front. Pictorial endpapers in green ink; 7 full-page color illustrations and smaller illustrations on every other spread, alternating between full color and b&w. Spine ends and corners a bit worn, edges a bit rubbed, some light soiling and stains to front cover, minute traces of hand-soiling in a few page margins, else an internally clean, tight copy.
First edition. A collection of humorous stories about a group of anthropomorphic animals who find themselves in delightfully strange situations. The charming illustration of Keith Ward (best known as a commercial illustrator who created Borden's Elsie the Cow as well as the 1940 editions of Dick and Jane) are reminiscent of the work of Harrison Cady and capture the brightness and levity of these amusing tales.

New York Chicago San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1930 (1930). Beige cloth with color pictorial pastedown, bottom corner bumped, slight wear to pastedown. Funny animal stories pictured in color and b&w appearing full page and within the text. Illustrated endpapers. Tons of jolly fun.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Keith Ward. 4to.