Author: (Wain, Louis).
Title: Stories Merry / Stories Wise. A Collection of Short Stories and Rhymes in Simple Words with Numerous Illustrations in Color and Black and White.
Description: Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Bros, Inc. post [1920]. [1920]. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in color pictorial boards backed with a green cloth spine. The covers are slightly rubbed & soiled. [60] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Among these are Louis Wain's illustrations for the "Dandy Colored Cat", including 2 double-page color plates and 2 full-page page illustrations of cats. The text block is cracked and a previous owner's name is penciled in the ownership box incorporated in the illustration on the front pastedown. Very good.

Although no date is listed, the book was published after McLoughlin Bros. move to Springfied, Massachusetts in 1920. Very good .

Keywords: CHILDRENS BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; STORIES MERRY / STORIES WISE; A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES AND RHYMES IN SIMPLE WORDS; ILLUSTRATIONS; LOUIS WAIN; COLOR PLATES; MCLOUGHLIN BROS.

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