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1939 The Macmillan Company Edition

The Adventures of Pinocchio

C. Collodi (transl. by Carol Della)
The Macmillan Company, 1939. Later edition, later printing.
$40One copy · this copy

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Very Good
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-bc25d10fbc26 · 10 photographs of this copy
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Title page dated 1939 under 'The Macmillan Company', New York
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Copyright page reads 'Copyright, 1927' / 'Published November, 1927'
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Copyright page adds 'New Edition, October, 1930'
examined on the copy in hand
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Mussino color illustrations, Della Chiesa translation
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Yellow cloth boards, spine lettered PINOCCHIO / COLLODI / MACMILLAN
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Flaws, each one named
1
chipping and fraying at head and tail of spine
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rubbing and soiling to yellow cloth boards
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sunning/darkening to board edges and spine
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toning and light stains to endpapers
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bumped corners
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This copy
1939 The Macmillan Company Edition

What a true first shows: The Macmillan Company edition of this Della Chiesa translation with Attilio Mussino illustrations, copyright 1927, 'Published November, 1927' — the first American printing carries only the 1927 dates with no later-edition line and a 1927 title page.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.