1914 · Chicago
by Scott, Anna; Ross, M. T. (Penny)
Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co, 1914. Very good.. An uncommon Volland title in this large format, with beautiful fairy illustrations by comic artist M. T. "Penny" Ross – occasionally incorporating 1914 technology like airplanes, phones, and phonographs into the scenes. . 11.75'' x 7.75''. Cloth backed color pictorial boards. Pictorial fairy endpapers. Black and white frontispiece with 47 full-page color illustrations by Ross. [104] pages. Ink gift inscription to "little Helen" on front flyleaf dated December 25th 1920. Some finger soil to boards and leaves, with spots of rubbing subtly colored in and two small fore-edge mends to second and third pages. (truncated)