Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On The Banks Of Plum Creek. Harper, 1937.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1951 printing on a 1937 copyright. (Harper's code K-A), and it's a lovely copy in outstanding jacket. Not price-clipped, no previous owner markings. Lots of illustrations by Helen Sewell. Remarkably clean, crisp, white pages throughout. Jacket in new mylar. Mild fading on cover in last picture is just that, fading and it's entirely cosmetic, not water damage. Great book.
Seller: Dan's Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On the Banks of Plum Creek. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth edition. IIlustrated endpages. Brown cloth boards with red lettering and picture. A couple of points just coming through. Clean.
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Laura Ingalls Wilder. ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK. RANDOM HOUSE, 1937.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harper & Bros, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustwrapper. Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle (illustrators). 1937 edition but not stated First. M-X is printed on the publishers page. 239pgs.color frontispiece. decorative endpapers. Beige Cloth, red lettering but the spine darkened, foxing to extremities of front and rear covers, edgewear to top and bottom of spine. The only marking in the bookis a bookplate that is on the FEP. Very scarce in this condition. Binding is tight, no cracks.
Seller: Memphrebooks, Magog, QC, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "10/7 Thirteenth Edition D-V" stated. Very good plus, if not near fine hardback in good plus, if not very good dust jacket (Price $2.00). Book has a trivial spot on front cover; a light, if not very light 5/8 inch by 1/2 inch bump to upper fore-edge corner of front cover; and minor if not trivial wear to corners, edges, and head of spine. Age-toning to leaves. Dust jacket separated at spine and moderate, if not minor creasing to front and rear panels; a 5/16 inch chip to head of spine; a 3/4 inch by 3/8 inch chip to upper fore-edge corner of front panel; a 3/8 inch chip to heel of spine; and moderate, if not minor additional wear to corners, edges, spine and fore-edge folds. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On the Banks of Plum Creek. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition stated, first printing with "I-M" code on copyright page. Publisher's tan cloth binding stamped in pink, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Toning and soiling to cloth, pages toned and several corners creased.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
WILDER, Laura Ingalls. On The Banks of Plum Creek. Harper, New York, 1937.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. Large 8vo, tan cloth pictorially stamped in plum color; decorative end-papers. d.w. New York: Harper & Bros., 1937. First Edition. Fine copy in a damaged dust wrapper, the front a back panels intact, but missing half the spine; ownership signature, 1937. This is the fourth book in the "Little House" series, depicting life on the American frontier.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.