Pinocchio

Language: English

Published by Platt & Munk Co., Inc., New York, New York, 1940

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Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA

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Condition: Used - Fair

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Who else but Tony Sarg (1880-1942), the German-American puppeteer and illustrator known as "America's Puppet Master," to best depict the story of the puppet Pinocchio, who came to life as a real boy? A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1940, this hardcover quarto has red "washable" cloth-covered boards stamped with bold black lettering to front & spine. Condition is just Fair, downgraded to child's crayon scribbles to front cover, front endpapers, & 3 internal pages (out of 122 pages total). Scattered smudges & soil, heaviest to external fore edge pages. The good news is that Sarg's 6 full-color plates are Fine: bright & colorful with no defects. He also provided smaller illustrations on nearly every page. Child's name & "1943" date in pencil to ffep; pages otherwise unmarked (except for aforementioned crayon). Boards heavily rubbed to extremities, binding strong, hinges secure. The unclipped DJ is colorful & bright, though soiled in spots, with some paper loss to both ends & center of spine & smaller chips & creasing all around; nicely preserved in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Pinocchio
Author
Collodi, C.; Piper, Watty (Editor); Sarg, Tony (Illustrator)
Publisher
Platt & Munk Co., Inc., New York, New York
Publication year
1940
Condition
Fair
Dust jacket
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Sarg, Tony
Edition
First Edition First Printing
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