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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Story of a Puppet - Or, the Adventures of Pinocchio.

Osler Press, 2008-11-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. New.

Osler Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 236 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.54 inches.

Osler Press, 2008-11-21. Paperback. Good.

Osler Press. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: T Fisher Unwin, 1892. Second Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. MAZZANTI C [but Enrico] 1852-1910. 16 mo, VG+, 2nd impression. Rare. In its original decorative red & cream cloth covers, title in red, edges rubbed & soiled very slightly. Decorative spine, titles in red, edges very lightly bumped & rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis (tissue guarded), [6], [1], 2-232 pp, 1 plate and 38 illustrations by Mazzanti, some light spotting to endpapers, ink name to fep (Katie Roberts (the poet?), half title with Children's Library titles to verso, published in the same year as the first English impression, printed by R & R Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Very Rare! and untouched by the binder / restorer! C. Collodi, pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini (born Nov. 24, 1826, Florence, Tuscany [Italy]-died Oct. 26, 1890, Florence), Italian author and journalist, best known as the creator of Pinocchio, the childlike puppet whose adventures delight… Read More

T Fisher Unwin, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. 1st English Edition. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cream cloth. From 'The Children's Library' series. Translated from Italian by M A Murray. Illustrated in b&w by C Mazzanti. Decorative textblock edges. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout with heavier foxing to front endpapers. Heavy thumb-marking present throughout with notable staining to several pages. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding has weakened but remains intact. Rear endpaper missing. Tissue guard tanned. Front free endpaper loosening but attached. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Prominent split to upper front joint and considerable fraying and notable loss to cloth at spine ends. Brown spotting to boards. The spine is notably tanned. The book has a marked forward lean.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. [Fairy tale] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6]; 232. Publisher's white cloth with blue floral decoration, blue title to spine and upper. Edges and endpapers repeating the design of the cloth. Illustrated with a tissue protected frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by Mazzanti. Some occasional thumb and pencil marks but generally clean, gift inscription to reverse of front free endpaper. Textblock very slightly shaken, old adhesive visible to hinges, dustiness to top edge. Cloth a little soiled and rubbed, more so to joints and board edges, some bubbling. A very attractive example. Very good.

New York: Cassell Publishing Co, 1892. First American edition. Near Fine. Published simultaneously with the British Unwin edition, using the same sheets, but with a canceled title page. Part of the Children's Library Series. Original blue floral-decorated white cloth, recased with a slight loss to the cloth at the base of the spine; internally in excellent condition. Presenting Near Fine overall. Only one other copy of this Cassell imprint is currently available (the VG+ Bradley Martin copy for $9500) and only one appears in the recent auction record, Christies 2005; the American issue is decidedly scarce. Originally appearing in an Italian children's magazine in 1881, La Storia di un Burattino was more than an amusing, yet dark, tale for Italian children. Written by the political activist, Carlo Collodi, the story of Pinocchio was meant to aide in the reunification of Italy after the Napoleonic Wars had splintered the Italian states and devastated any sense of national identity. With the struggle… Read More