Collodi Pseudonym Carlo Lorenzini (8 results)

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Cloth. Floethe, Richard (illustrator). Signed Edition 128 pp Illustrations Cramp, Walter S. With an Introduction by Carl van Doren. No. 1231 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, designed by Frederic Warde, printed by the Duenewald Printing Corporation of New York. ex-library copy with stamps, light blue cover faded at spine and along edges, else in good condition.

8°, original illustrated wrappers (slightly bent at edges, remains of cellophane tape repair on spine). Numerous illustrations in black and white, some full page, signed by Attilio. Light dampstaining at foot. Overall in good condition. 280 pp. *** First Edition in Portuguese of the present translation?*** Not in Fraccaroli, Bibliografia de literatura infantil em lingua portuguesa, who cites different translations published in Portugal, two without date and one of 1923. Not in Rocha, Bibliografia geral da literatura portuguesa para crianças. Not located in Porbase, where the earliest editions are 1941 and 1944. Not located in NUC.

[Children's literature] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.ix [1] 214 [4]. With eight colour halftone plates by Folkard including a frontispiece, as well as numerous other in-text vignettes. Contemporary dark green half morocco, marbled paper over boards. Gilt titles and embellishment tooled to spine, raised bands. Original pictorial endpapers at front. Internally bright and clean. Edges lightly toned. Binding pristine. Fine. The adventures of the curious puppet Pinocchio and his trials and tribulations on the road to becoming a real boy. Reprint of the 1951 edition.

First edition in English. Publisher's original light grey cloth decorated and and with titles in blue. Small 8vo. All edges decorated blue. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontispiece and drawings throughout the text by Enrico Mazzanti (mis-spelt as C. Mazzanti on the title page). Illustrated half title and title page printed in black and red. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm with just minor rubbing to the extremites, the spine a little rolled. The cloth, with three small brown spots to the lower board is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents, with minor spotting to the endpaper and half title are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Small paper flaw to the bottom of page 209 not affecting the text. A really quite exceptional example, in entirely original condition of a notoriously fragile production. Issued in the publisher's 'The Children's Library' series, this is the first edition in English of a canonical work of children's literature. Translated from the Italian by Mary Alice Murray. "One of the best known fantasies, and the most popular children's book to come out of Italy. The story was written for a Rome children's magazine, the Giornale dei bambini, where the first instalment appeared on 7 July 1881. It was published as a book in 1883 under the title Le Avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un burattino (History of a Puppet), and quickly became a best-seller. Lorenzini's publisher is said to have made a fortune out of it, but Lorenzini himself died too early to witness its international success. Almost nothing else in children's literature equals Pinocchio for wildness of invention" (Carpenter, Humphrey; Prichard, Mary: The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

[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.