POOR CECCO
- New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Fine in very good jacket.. The first US edition of this Rackham-illustrated tale of dolls and toys on a mission to rescue one of their own, by the author of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, in the elusive original dust jacket. Poor Cecco the wooden dog is named after Bianco's son. 9.75'' x 7.5''. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front cover and spine. Original unclipped (three dollars net) color pictorial dust jacket. Full-page tipped-in color frontispiece, with six full-page color plates and black and white in-text illustrations throughout. xiv, 15-175, [1] pages. Scarce jacket lightly soiled, with a few large chips, some tape repairs to verso. Book with a bit of spotting but largely clean and beautiful.
Details
Title
POOR CECCO
Author
Bianco, Margery Williams; Rackham, Arthur
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
George H. Doran Company: New York
Date
1925