The Story of Noah's Ark Childrens Book Art Because these ephemeral survival handbooks

Because these ephemeral survival handbooks were printed cheaply on low-grade paper stock and distributed directly on the street for immediate use

Text block's original staple binding is intact and holding firmly

drawing is signed and dated by Sarg on lower right

and untrimmed margins are uncommonly scarce

The Story of Noah's Ark Childrens Book Art Because these ephemeral survival handbooksSmith, E. Boyd. THE STORY OF NOAH'S ARK; told and pictured by E. Boyd Smith. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1905). FIRST EDITION ("Published November 1905" title page verso); LATER PRINTING (?). Oblong 4to 8 3 8" x 11 1 4". Green cloth covered boards with a large color pictorial paste on with titles printed in black to front cover with the slightest touches of wear to the head and tail of spine, and to the tips of the corners for what