Sold for:
$1,708
$1,708
Boston: L. C. Page, 1908. 8vo, original brown cloth-backed boards with pastedown portrait illustration, gilt-lettered, half-title, frontispiece and seven full-page plates by M. A. and W. A. J. Claus. First edition, rare first impression (with "First Impression, April, 1908" to copyright), of this classic children's tale. Minor rubbing to boards with corners bumped; p. 3 detached and pp. v-2 starting; some marginal soiling and staining; rear inner hinge cracked; hinges slightly tender; otherwise a fine copy.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05