PUGGERY WEE: The Story Of The Three Elephants
(1902)
Scarce first edition of this whimsical pre-Seuss book of verse on odd animals and objects, including a battle between pickles and donuts.
Very good.
Price: $750.00
Scarce first edition of this whimsical pre-Seuss book of verse on odd animals and objects, including a battle between pickles and donuts.
Very good.
Price: $750.00
"Why does the little Bean Bag Boy / Write letters with his feet?"
A fantastic picture book featuring an elephant family, a host of humanized animals, odd creatures and anthropomorphized objects (bean bags, cake box). The text is in verse, accompanied by fantastic illustrations by Bart (Fred R. Bartholomew) in bright colors in a style reminiscent of Denslow's — published only a couple years after Denslow's work on THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. One of the wonderful American picture books produced at the turn of the last century. Very scarce, with only four holdings noted via OCLC.
Chicago & New York: Rand McNally, (1902). 11'' x 8.75''. Original yellow pictorial cloth stamped in red, blue, and green. Color pictorial endpapers, red topstain. Illustrated by Bart in color throughout. [78] pages. Ink gift inscription dated 1906 to title page corner. Rubbing and some spotting to boards, with marginal soil to leaves.
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