Poems of Childhood
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Expanded Edition. First Edition, thus; [1922].
Black Cloth with gilt spine titles and front paste-on by Parrish. The bindings are tight and square. Text on heavy rag paper, deckled at fore-edges.Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Cover is bright and clean. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; x,199, [1] pp. Illustrated with 9 color plates by Maxfield Parrish, including the color pictorial title page black cloth, color pictorial cover label, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers; with unclipped pictorial dust jacket.
The jacket has mild soiling, age-toning and edgewear with a few short, closed tears; volume with some mild abraded areas on half-title at gutter.
Iconic illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, with all illustrations listed in the table of contents present with the surreal endpage illustrations of a boy battling a giant who is riding an apparently cooked red lobster.
A Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. A Collectible or Giftable Book. / Very Good. Item #15871
This edition was an expansion of the 1904 first edition, with added poetry
A collection of 94 poems for children by Eugene Field and in this expanded edition the added poetry by Mary French Field and Julia Sutherland Field.
Background Information:
Eugene Field Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood".
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) has long been considered one of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th century and lived and worked throughout his career in Cornish Hills, New Hampshire.
In the 1920's, one out of four American homes had his world of make-believe hanging on their walls. A survey taken in 1925 in America showed that Van Gogh, Cezanne and Parrish were thought to be the three greatest artists of all time and Parrish's art images on posters, calendars, magazine covers, and book illustrations.
Price: $425.00
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