first edition blue gilt cloth with pictorial label on front cover
1910 (1910) · New York
by WILLCOX SMITH, JESSIE Selected by
BEAUTIFUL COLOR PLATES BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH - AN EARLY 20th CENTURY MASTER ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDHOOD. THE TEN FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES HAVE LETTERED TISSUE GUARDS.
Jessie Willcox Smith has selected the poems by famous poets or writers. Each poem has a b/w illustration at the top. There is a b/w illustration at the top of every left - hand page and a different b/w illustration at the top of right- hand page. The decorated endpapers have a repeated lovely green drawing of a young girl with her hoop against a cream background.
TEG, blue gilt cloth, gilt is bright, pictorial label is pasted down within a center border. Pictorial (truncated)
Jessie Willcox Smith has selected the poems by famous poets or writers. Each poem has a b/w illustration at the top. There is a b/w illustration at the top of every left - hand page and a different b/w illustration at the top of right- hand page. The decorated endpapers have a repeated lovely green drawing of a young girl with her hoop against a cream background.
TEG, blue gilt cloth, gilt is bright, pictorial label is pasted down within a center border. Pictorial (truncated)