1931 Catalogue of Children's Books.

New York: The Platt and Munk Co 1931 First edition.This seems to be one of the earliest Platt and Munk children's book catalogues. OCLC locates no copies, and we could not locate any other copies of the 1931 catalogue in the trade at this time (September 2022). Color printed paper wrappers illustrated by Eulalie Banks. 7 x 10 in. . Illustrated in black and white on every page with images of children's books in the Platt and Munk Star Books for Children series (including activity books, paper dolls, anthologies of fairytales and verse, stories like Little Black Sambo, literature, and educational early readers for young children). A couple patches of minor (truncated) toning to wrappers. A bright, clean, near-fine copy of this rare catalogue with the original mailing envelope (addressed to San Ramon, California) and a typed letter on Platt and Munk Co. stationery. Eulalie Minfred Banks (1895 – 1999) was a painter and children's book illustrator. Born in England, Banks spent her later years in Southern California, where she painted murals for Charlie Chaplin, Ann Harding, and Harold Lloyd. Banks also painted a mural in the old Santa Monica Public Library Boys and Girls room. (Inventory #: 17287)