The Story Of a Puppet or The Adventures Of Pinocchio

New York: Cassell, 1892. Very good plus.. First edition of PINOCCHIO in English, the rare American issue, simultaneous with the British and bound in the U.S. from British sheets. After a career in journalism, Collodi turned to children's literature, first translating a collection of Perrault's fairy tales into Italian. Soon he would conceive of a distinctly Italian fairy… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. Small 8vo. 232 pp. yellow publisher's cloth with orange text and decoration. b/w illustrations. very scarce, 2nd impression published same year as the first. Book in very good condition with some general fading. 16.5 cm tall. Part of the Fisher Unwin 'The Children's Library' series. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. 2nd Impression. 1892.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in English, first printing. Publisher's white cloth stamped with floral pattern, repeated on edges and endsheets, title page printed in red and black. Very Good. Cloth rubbed and faded, spine creased and worn at the ends. Lean to binding. Front inner hinge exposed and tender. Previous… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Very good plus.. First edition of PINOCCHIO in English. After a career in journalism, Collodi turned to children's literature, first translating a collection of Perrault's fairy tales into Italian. Soon he would conceive of a distinctly Italian fairy tale, complex and fantastical: "Its lessons are simple, but it is not a simplistic text"… Read more about this item

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