Shhhhhh . BANG: A Whispering Book de Brown, Margaret Wise - 1943

Harper. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Later edition. (sound, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1943. Book. Illus. by Robert de Veyrac. Very Good. Hardcover. c 1943. Edition not stated. No indication of later printings in Harper & Row ed. Golden Hind Press Madison New Jersey, stated on copyright page. Pictorial front board with black spine; rear board blank. Boards clean and bright, beautifully preserved. Rear board with tiny stain at top of spine. Binding firm. Contents clean and bright, unmarked. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Book is in Very Good- condition, with some light smudging and soiling to cover, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Pages are clean and secure.

Harper & Brothers 1st 1943 . 4to, paper cvred bds with clth spine, no d/w, dmge + bmps to cnrs, bds grubby, gift inscr to fep o/w VG 275 gms.

NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner address label on front free . endpaper and further stamped on three pages, jacket toned, edgeworn, lower . corner of front flap clipped.. 1943. Later Printing. Hardcover. Three-color illustrations by Robert De Veyrac. Black cloth spine with illustrated paper-covered boards. The utter opposite of the authors soothing bedtime classic, Goodnight Moon, this book features a gun-toting boy of about ten, whose jacket portrait is reminiscent of a Diane Arbus photo. He enters a sleepy town where everyone whispers. He enters a restaurant and is refused service because he wont whisper. After he kicks doors, shoots his gun, sets off a firecracker, and shouts, he is rewarded with a chicken dinner instead of a trip to jail. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Very good with edgewear, age-toning, light fading on the spine, wrinkles in the front endpaper and title page, an ink notation on the front endpaper, lacking a dustwrapper.

Harper. Collectible - Acceptable. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1943. 1st edition. Sm 4to. Unpaginated. Illus. by Robert De Veyrac. Book Good. No dust jacket. Spine ends worn. Boards rubbed and slightly soiled. Boards edgeworn, corners frayed. Several pages around middle of book are crumpled at lower corner. Binding a bit loose. Rear hinge split. Inquire if you need further information.