Oh Skin-nay! The Days of Real Sport.
Chicago: Volland, 1913.
Verses by Wilbur Nesbit and many cartoon-like illustrations by Clare Briggs, printed with spot color. Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, edgewear and cover soil with a few small repairs; some pages a bit chipped in margins. Chicago: Volland (1913).
Inscribed on the fly-leaf "Skin-nay and Briggs" with a 4 inch drawing by Briggs with the lines"Ain't Mad at Nobody". This is Briggs's first book and a rare and early Volland title. Text and illustration deal with the mis-adventures of typical middle-America children - Skinnay and his friends.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Language: English
Price: $450.00
Item #287496