THE GIFT OF THE MAGIC STAFF: PAUL'S ADVENTURES IN TWO WONDERLANDS. Chicago, New York, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1902]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-221 [222: blank] [223: printer's imprint] [224: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece and decorated title leaf a conjugate pair on coated stock (not reckoned in pagination), plus seven more inserted plates with illustrations by William A. Dwiggins, decorations by Ella S. Brison, title page printed in black and red, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange and black. First edition. The first book to be illustrated by William A. Dwiggins, an important twentieth-century American typographer and book designer. Agner 02.01. 1910 Christmas gift inscription in bold hand on pages [6] and 7 (a blank page and the first page of text), some rubbing to cloth at edges, partial hairline crack along inner front hinge, ghosting to pages 208-209 from laid in newspaper clipping, text block just a bit shaken, a good copy. An uncommon book seldom found in nice condition. (#129291).
Price: $350.00
"September" on copyright page.