Pinocchio: The Story of a Marionette Advertising - Original artwork minor chipping around the edges

minor chipping around the edges and a bookseller's label affixed to front for what is a remarkably well preserved copy of a notoriously fragile book

16mo - 6-1/4" x 3-3/8"

SCARCE in such nice condition and in the original box

Spalding / New York / Oct

instructional stories

Pinocchio: The Story of a Marionette Advertising - Original artwork minor chipping around the edgesCollodi, C. PINOCCHIO: THE STORY OF A MARIONETTE; illustrated by Frederick Richardson. Philadelphia; Chicago; Toronto: The John C. Winston Co., (1927). FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo 9 5 16" x 7". Dark green cloth covered boards with a color pictorial paste on to front cover, elaborate decoration in gold and green and titles in gold to front cover and spine with the slightest touches of wear at the corners for what is a lovely copy of the book. Light green