PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Collodi, Carlo; Quentin, Rene

Edité par Jordan Marsh, Boston, 1899

A propos de cet article

Early Boston piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first US edition but also the first known version published in the US with color plates. Publisher Jordan Marsh claimed the title of this publication was simply meant to capitalize on the success of ALICE's ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and certainly such a marketing ploy was not uncommon, then or now. However, Wunderlich and Morrissey posit the title was "actually fabricated to conceal the fraud: the book had been stolen, and this new name implied an entirely different work." Indeed, a quick glance leads the casual observer to believe it's a sequel to the original, while in fact the text is identical to the STORY OF A PUPPET, the Fisher Unwin/Cassell first edition in English of the PINOCCHIO (with some minor modifications in format and some changed illustrations). This piracy was first published in 1898; the present 1899 edition was the first to contain color plates. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black and white with anthropomorphized insect design, lettered in gilt. Introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth. Illustrated by Quentin with 4 full-page color plates; Enrico Mazzanti's black-and-white in-text illustrations also reprinted without attribution. 212 pages. Small bookplate on front pastedown. Spine faded.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
• Éditeur: Jordan Marsh, Boston
• Date de parution: 1899
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Very good plus.
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