The Brownies: Their Book.
first edition Pictorial boards, partially browned.
[1887] · New York:
by Cox, Palmer
New York: The Century Company, [1887] First edition, second issue (with the De Vinne Press seal low on the copyright page). Pictorial boards, partially browned. . Quarto. Black and white illustrations by the author throughout. Joints, board edges lightly worn, front free endpaper repaired with cellophane tape. First gathering loose. Still, on the whole a good, clean copy of a fragile book. The first of the Brownie books. Cox (1840-1924), a Canadian-born artist and author, was seeking a continuing theme for his contributions to St. Nicholas Magazine and remembered characters from Scottish fairy tales he had heard as a child. The Brownie books were a tremendous success. (Inventory #: 12804)