"Mr. Puffer-Bill Train Engineer" by Leone Arlandson, pictures by Tibor Gergely, Little Golden Book #563, published by Golden Press, Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, copyright 1965, stated Fourth Printing 1972. The original price of 39c on the front cover.

Illustrated hard boards; 5.1/2" x 8"; unpaginated, 24 pages, some soiling and wear, very good condition.

Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was a Hungarian-American artist best known for his illustration of popular children's picture books. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

He studied art briefly in Vienna before immigrating to the United States in 1939, where he settled in New York City. Largely a self-taught artist, he also contributed several covers of The New Yorker, mostly during the 1940s. Among the most popular children's books Gergely illustrated are "The Happy Man and His Dump Truck", "Busy Day Busy People", "The Magic Bus" (by Maurice Doblier), "The Little Red Caboose", "The Fire Engine Book", "Tootle", "Five Little Firemen", "Five Hundred Animals from A to Z", and "Scuffy the Tugboat". Many of his better known books were published by Little Golden Books. His best work is collected in "The Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories".

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-4 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-5 weeks) --- $42.50