[1st ed] Gigi Cerca il Suo Berretto

Bruno Munari

Published by Arnoldo Mondadori, 1945

First edition of Bruno Munari s innovative and interactive children s picture book with pastedowns (and pastedowns within pastedowns) that open to reveal additional images and details. Title translates to Gigi Looks for His Hat: Where on Earth Did He Put It? Published in 1945 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editori. Large 4to (9.5 x 12.75 ), 10 unnumbered pages with color illustrations and text in Italian. Stiff illustrated cardboard covers backed in a strip of white cloth and saddle-stapled. Listed on the back of the rear cover as number 7 of 10 entries in I Libri Munari, it was actually the last of the series initially produced. Munari (1907-1998), a graphic designer for Mondadori at the time, designed the books for his 5-year old son. Encouraging children to touch was a revolutionary concept in Italy in the 1940 s but was just a point of departure for Munari, whose career-long engagement with notions of play and creativity fueled an output intended to stimulate the user -child or adult to participate in the act of creation or cognition Light bumping and chipping to extremities. Some fraying to spine ends. Limited damp staining to mildly rubbed boards. Scarce. Seller Inventory # ABE-1723123978606

Bibliographic Details

Title: [1st ed] Gigi Cerca il Suo Berretto
Publisher: Arnoldo Mondadori
Publication Date: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition