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Carlo Collodi, 1892
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Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi, 1892
COLLODI, Carlo (pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, 1826-1890). The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
First edition in English of an iconic children’s tale. Italy's most famous contribution to children's literature was first serialized in a children's newspaper, Giornale per i bambini, Rome, 1881-83. Beginning as La storia di un burratino, the title later changed to Le Avventure di Pinochio. The author, a journalist and educationalist, took the name Collodi from his mother's native village in Tuscany. Osborne II, p. 1007; cf. Early Children's Books, 213.
Octavo. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by C. Mazzanti. (Closed tear on P1 crossing one letter.) Original floral-decorated white cloth, paper edges stamped with matching floral pattern, floral endpapers (slighest rubbing to spine, hinges just showing); quarter morocco folding case with design of Disney's version of Pinocchio by the Dragonfly Bindery. Provenance: neat pencil gift inscription dated 1899 – Richard Manney (bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October, 1991, lot 58) – Donald G. Drapkin (bookplate; his sale, Christie’s New York, June 29, 2005, lot 79).
Carlo Collodi, 1892
COLLODI, Carlo (pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, 1826-1890). The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
First edition in English of an iconic children’s tale. Italy's most famous contribution to children's literature was first serialized in a children's newspaper, Giornale per i bambini, Rome, 1881-83. Beginning as La storia di un burratino, the title later changed to Le Avventure di Pinochio. The author, a journalist and educationalist, took the name Collodi from his mother's native village in Tuscany. Osborne II, p. 1007; cf. Early Children's Books, 213.
Octavo. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by C. Mazzanti. (Closed tear on P1 crossing one letter.) Original floral-decorated white cloth, paper edges stamped with matching floral pattern, floral endpapers (slighest rubbing to spine, hinges just showing); quarter morocco folding case with design of Disney's version of Pinocchio by the Dragonfly Bindery. Provenance: neat pencil gift inscription dated 1899 – Richard Manney (bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October, 1991, lot 58) – Donald G. Drapkin (bookplate; his sale, Christie’s New York, June 29, 2005, lot 79).
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