May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 292
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) BAUM, FRANK L. Father Goose, His Book. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow. 4to, publisher's pictorial boards, few scuffs and small soil marks, scattered shallow surface impressions; contents quite clean. 'second edition' (second printing) as stated on the copyright page, October 1899. Father Goose, His Book proved to be the best-selling children's book of the year and went through five printings before Christmas. Chicago: George M. Hill Co., (1899)
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with--The Songs of Father Goose. Music by Alberta N. Hall. Pictures by W. W. Denslow. 4to, publisher's decorated cloth-backed boards, extremities worn with exposure, finger-soiling; front hinge starting, owner's competent hand-coloring on many illustrations, gift inscription. First Edition. Chicago, 1900.