Little Children (1937)
Date:
August 12, 1937
Art Credits:
Typography by Robert Josephy
Notes:
First edition - 1,500 copies.
Little Children received mixed reviews, though stories like
Published in the UK by Faber & Faber in 1937
Dedication: To that world and that time.
Includes the stories:
Laughing Sam
The Sunday Zeppelin
Corduroy Pants
The Coldest Winter since 1854
O Higher Accountancy, O Traffic Management
The Only Guy in Town
The First Day of School
The Man Who Got Fat
Around the World with General Grant
The Messenger
Many Miles Per Hour
The World's Champion Elevator Operator
My Uncle and The Mexicans
Countrymen, How Do You Like America?
The Crusader
The Cat
Where I Come From People Are Polite
Additional Materials:
In the Forever Saroyan Collection:
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, includes original dust jacket, B49
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, inscribed to Virgil R.D. Kirkham, includes original dust jacket, B50
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, inscribed by Saroyan, includes original dust jacket, B51
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, inscribed by Saroyan, B52
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, inscribed by Saroyan, includes original dust jacket, B53
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, An unprinted publisher's dummy, includes original dust jacket, B54
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, pre=release review copy, includes original dust jacket, B55
Little Children, 1936, Harcourt, Brace and Company, inscribed to Louis Henry Cohn, includes original dust jacket, B56