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    Home / Vintage Children's Books / Vintage David Macaulay Picture Book Help! Let Me Out! David Lord Porter Hardcover 1982
    Help! Let Me Out! 1982 hardcover by David Lord Porter and David Macaulay, front cover
    Trunk endpapers with a blank This trunk belongs to label, Help! Let Me Out!
    Title page spread of Help! Let Me Out!, Houghton Mifflin Boston 1982
    Copyright 1982 page with ISBN and mail order ad drawings, Help! Let Me Out!
    Color spread of Hugo in his bedroom with his voice in a trunk, Help! Let Me Out!
    Moon page and Hugo sick in bed, color illustrations from Help! Let Me Out!
    Railroad station baggage page from Help! Let Me Out! by David Macaulay
    Back cover of Help! Let Me Out! with travel stickers and an ISBN label
    Help! Let Me Out! lying at an angle, showing corner bumps and edges
    Spine of Help! Let Me Out!, Porter and Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin
    Help! Let Me Out! 1982 from below, showing the bottom edge and corners

    Vintage David Macaulay Picture Book Help! Let Me Out! David Lord Porter Hardcover 1982

    $19.99

    This is Help! Let Me Out! by David Lord Porter, illustrated by David Macaulay, a 1982 Houghton Mifflin hardcover picture book.

    The pictorial boards show bumped corners, edge wear, and rubbing, with small scuffs at the spine ends, while the interior pages are clean and readable, as the photos show.

    Hugo learns to throw his voice a little too well, and one day his voice ends up shut inside a trunk and wanders off without him. The Library of Congress summary on the copyright page puts it simply: Hugo learns to be a ventriloquist, but when he throws his voice it doesn't come back for a long time.

    Details

    • Item: Hardcover picture book
    • Title: Help! Let Me Out!
    • Author: David Lord Porter
    • Illustrator: David Macaulay
    • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
    • Publication Year: 1982
    • Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos. The copyright page number line reads H 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
    • Format and Binding: Hardcover, pictorial boards
    • Dust Jacket: None shown
    • Genre: Children's humor picture book
    • Language: English
    • ISBN: 0-395-32438-6
    • Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches

    Condition Grade: Good

    Positives

    • Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
    • Bright boards drawn as a riveted travel trunk covered in stickers.
    • The endpapers are drawn as the inside of a trunk, and the This trunk belongs to label is blank.
    • Full color illustrations by David Macaulay throughout, plus a page of mail order ads such as Throw Your Voice! and Trick Black Soap.
    • The binding appears intact, and the interior pages are clean and readable.

    Issues / Wear

    • Corner bumps, edge wear, and rubbing on the covers.
    • Wear and small scuffs at the spine ends.
    • Rubbing and surface marks on the back cover.
    • Light handling wear to the interior pages.

    Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

    This 1982 Houghton Mifflin hardcover has David Macaulay's trunk endpapers and full color pictures, and it suits a Macaulay picture book shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

    • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
    • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
    • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
    • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

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