1892 1st Edtn/2nd Prnt THE STORY OF A PUPPET OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO By Carlo Collodi Illus. C. Mazzanti Good Fiction

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1892 1st Edition 2nd Printing, 
THE STORY OF A PUPPET OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO

By Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Illustrated By: C. Mazzanti
C. Mazzanti is an illustrator who worked on the first English edition of The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: T. Fisher Unwin, London

Crown octavo (8vo 5+3⁄8 × 8 137 × 203),Pages 232

ISBN:

The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio commonly shortened to Pinocchio, is an 1883 children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his creator and father figure, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. A universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture.



SKU: BTETM0002483
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

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1892 1st Edition 2nd Printing, 
THE STORY OF A PUPPET OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO

By Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Illustrated By: C. Mazzanti
C. Mazzanti is an illustrator who worked on the first English edition of The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: T. Fisher Unwin, London

Crown octavo (8vo 5+3⁄8 × 8 137 × 203),Pages 232

ISBN:

The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio commonly shortened to Pinocchio, is an 1883 children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his creator and father figure, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. A universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture.



SKU: BTETM0002483
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

1892 1st Edition 2nd Printing, 
THE STORY OF A PUPPET OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO

By Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Illustrated By: C. Mazzanti
C. Mazzanti is an illustrator who worked on the first English edition of The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: T. Fisher Unwin, London

Crown octavo (8vo 5+3⁄8 × 8 137 × 203),Pages 232

ISBN:

The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio commonly shortened to Pinocchio, is an 1883 children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his creator and father figure, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. A universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture.



SKU: BTETM0002483
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Good - First English edition, second impression, translated by M.A. Murray, illustrations by C. Mazzanti, contemporary ink gift inscription on browned front free endpaper, original variant binding cloth, blind-stamped with witch on a broomstick on upper cover, spine browned, ends a little frayed, overall a little rubbed, 8vo, [1892]. *** A rare variant binding on an early impression of the first English edition, curiously illustrated with a witch on a broomstick. Please see photos as part of condition report