The Story of Simpson and Sampson

Leaf, Munro. THE STORY OF SIMPSON AND SAMPSON by Munro Leaf; illustrated by Robert Lawson. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING ("First Published October 1941" on title-page verso). 4to - 10-1/4" x 8-1/2". Red cloth covered boards with shield design blind-stamped on front cover and black lettering to spine for what is a magnificent copy of the book. Original publisher's red paper priced ($1.50) dust wrapper with decoration in black and white and lettering in white to front wrapper, and decoration and lettering in white to spine and back wrapper; minor wear to the top edge of front panel and to the head of spine, and a scrape on the front panel, just to the left of the author's name, and two tiny spots of color loss resulting from that scrape for what is a really lovely copy of the dust wrapper. Red and white pictorial endpapers. [61] pp. Leaf's tale of two royal brothers who look exactly alike, but in all their actions have been polar opposites their entire l