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FIRST APPEARANCE OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH. COLLODI, CARLO. 1826-1890. The Story of a Puppet, or t...
FIRST APPEARANCE OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH. COLLODI, CARLO. 1826-1890. The Story of a Puppet, or the Adventures of Pinocchio. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. Small 8vo. Frontispiece and illustrations by C. Mazzanti. Publisher's blue-patterned cloth, patterned edges and endpapers, custom blue morocco clamshell box by Chelsea Bindery. Light toning to spine binding, minor wear at spine ends. A BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, first American issue, published simultaneously in London by T. Fisher Unwin. 'Almost nothing else in children's literature equals Pinocchio for wildness of invention' (Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). Grolier One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature 46. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
FIRST APPEARANCE OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH. COLLODI, CARLO. 1826-1890. The Story of a Puppet, or the Adventures of Pinocchio. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. Small 8vo. Frontispiece and illustrations by C. Mazzanti. Publisher's blue-patterned cloth, patterned edges and endpapers, custom blue morocco clamshell box by Chelsea Bindery. Light toning to spine binding, minor wear at spine ends. A BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, first American issue, published simultaneously in London by T. Fisher Unwin. 'Almost nothing else in children's literature equals Pinocchio for wildness of invention' (Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). Grolier One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature 46. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing