FRIENDLY FAIRIES

by Johnny Gruelle

$675 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York, Chicago, Toronto: P. F. Volland Company, 1919 . First edition of this cheerfully illustrated Volland book of fairy stories by Johnny Gruelle, the author of RAGGEDY ANN. Overall very good. Item #25772 Johnny Gruelle was a multifaceted illustrator, publishing political cartoons and newspaper comics in addition to his children's stories. The cartoony designs of some of his characters foreshadow Disney's animation

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