Description
No dust jacket, mylar dust jacket has been added. The Very Good binding is black cloth over boards with a pictorial paste-on, gilt lettering on the spine, light edge-wear, light bumping to corners. Illustrated end papers, untrimmed fore-edge. Eight full color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish within. Staining on bottom edge of pages. The binding is tight and the pages have some staining not effecting text or illustrations, page 198 and 199 have been separated poorly resulting in tearing page 199. The book measures 9.5″ tall x 7.5″ wide.
About the author
Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children’s poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the “poet of childhood”. Wikipedia
About the illustrator
Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. The National Museum of American Illustration deemed his painting Daybreak (1922) to be the most successful art print of the 20th century. Wikipedia
