The Lazy Automobile
By Wallace Wadsworth, with color and black-and-white illustrations by Clarence Biers. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1942. Cover number 359. The copyright page is dated MCMXLII (1942) and shows the Rand McNally imprint.
A charming vintage children’s automobile story featuring Chuffer, a tired older car who finally gets his engine repaired. The bold, colorful Clarence Biers cover art and interior illustrations make this a nice displayable piece of 1940s transportation and children’s-book ephemera.
Condition
Good vintage condition. The original pictorial blue boards retain strong color and attractive cover art. There is visible edge and corner rubbing, small areas of exposed wear/loss at the board edges and spine ends, plus light scuffing and surface wear from handling. The binding is intact.
The endpapers and pages have normal age toning with scattered light spots. A small old pencil notation is present on a blank endpaper. The illustrated pages shown are clean and colorful. No dust jacket is included.
Please review all photos carefully for the exact condition and details of this original 1942 copy.