If you were in Mrs. Baldwin's class in the Taylor, Arizona elementary school during the 1950's you'll probably recognize this book. According to my wife, kids looked forward each year ato reading this book with their teacher Mrs. Baldwin. We have a copy of the book that was literally falling apart. To see if it was worth rebinding I looked on a couple of well-known databases. I had to use the author's name to even get this book to come up.
The book, written in 1932 and revised in 1945 is a classic in political and cultural non-correctness. As we were discussing the book the other day we wondered whether a rewire taking out the ethinic stereotypes and slurs would even have a chance of selling. Come to find out that a so-called Millenial edition of the book was published in 2001. In trying to put together the history by seeing what new and used books are available, it appears that a hard cover limited edition was first published then a much larger run of a large paperback version was published.
The paperback millenial (2001) version is selling new for about $40 and used for half that price. The hardcover version is going for $80 to almost $300. Likewise the 32 and 45 versions are definitely collector's items if they are in good shape. We'lll probably never sell our book but it does look like it's worth rebinding.
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