The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M. A. Murray. Illustrated by C. Mazzanti

First English edition. Illustrations, frontispiece with tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black. 232 pp. At head of half title: The Children's Library. 1 vols. 8vo. A modern fairy tale, here in the first edition in English, translated by Mary Alice Murray. "Her satisfying English-language version of the puppet's wayward progress to real boyhood largely avoided 'translatorese'" (Grolier 100). A nicer copy than usually found. One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, 46 Publisher's printed cloth, decorated edges following the design of the covers. Extremities rubbed and spine sunned, general toning, lower hinge tender. Text block lean, binding cracked at p. 49. Very good. Reviews from The Bookman (Jan. 1892) and a TLS review (1920) tipped in to the rear endpapers Illustrations, frontispiece with tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black. 232 pp. At head of half title: The Children?s Library. 1 vols. 8vo.