first edition Wraps
1902 · Buffalo
Buffalo: The H-O Company, 1902. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Oblong, 9 by 12 cm. 12 pp., plus wraps. Scarce, with four copies located on OCLC at the time this description was drafted, these at Brown, Duke, Michigan State, AAS. Story told in verse, and the purpose of which, to promote Presto flour. Each page features a charming semi-colored illustration (the colors used are blues, greens and oranges), with the illustrations done in the same vein as the Golliwog series, then so popular. Edge abrasion on the front cover, with light and trivial soiling besides.
(Inventory #: 005376)