the story is so famous, so it was interesting to find the famous references--babe, rock candy mountain. but all paul wants to do is cut down trees. he's so big that he can cut down thousands every day--a very politically incorrect hero. he cut down all the trees on the prairees and sunk the stumps--that's why there are no trees now! he never meets a native person and he has to kill a lot of animals to feed his crew. who invented this legend? ( )

pink stain on front and severe water damage ( )

Book Description: New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Hard Cover. 131 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with full page color plate. Additional 14 full page plates and some b/w illustrations in text. Lovely book. Pages, endpapers clean, v/g condition. Green cloth spine. Green and beige illustrated boards. Book comes in green slipcase. Slip case worn at edges and corners with tape repairs on many edges. Book VG , Case GOOD.

Book Description: Limited Editions Club, New York: 1945. pp. (vi), 131 (1) Great colored plates printed in offset lithography by Duenewald Printing. Designed by Richard Ellis; printed at Aldus Printers; set in Linotype Caslon Old Style; on Worthy Special Paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in quarter brown morocco leather over wood-grain boards. Wood-grain paper solander case, worn at extremities. Number 942 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Handsomely produced edition.