Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Munari, Bruno. Group of 8 volumes. Includes 4 First Italian and 4 American editions. Contains color illustrations by Munari, many with additional pictures hidden under flaps. Tall 4to, pictorial boards, variously worn with light scuffing, dampsoiling, and finger marks. Milan: Mondadori; Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., vd

Additional Details

4 volumes from "I Libri di Munari;" though it was announced as a series of 10 volumes, only numbers 1-7 were ultimately published. This lot contains #4: Il Prestigiatore Verde, #5: Storie di Tre Uccellini (incomplete), #6: Il Venditore di Animali, and #7: Gigi Cerca Il Suo Berretto. All Milan: Mondadori, 1945. Four First American Editions: Animals For Sale. 1957, Who''s There? Open the Door! 1957, The Birthday Present. 1959, Bruno Munari''s ABC. 1960.