Chicken Little Told in Rhyme
Boston: Press of S. J. Parkhill & Company, 1899. Umbstaetter, Nelly Littlehale. Softcover. Scarce first book by Boston historian Anne Haven Thwing (1851–1940). Illustrated by Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, an artist with a notably thin published bibliography whose better-known work graced the covers of The Black Cat magazine. Good+. Item #9722
Original gray pictorial wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white by Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, with a small chick vignette on the title page. Split at spine and repaired with Japanese tissue; wraps browned along spine; Soiling to pages from handling; corners of text block worn. A well-loved copy of a scarce and fragile piece of juvenile ephemera.
Price: $75.00