Catalogue of Children's Books (after 1900)

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Author	Caumery, M.-L. illustrations by J. Pinchon
Title	L'ENFANCE DE BÉCASSINE Texte de Caumery Illustrations de J. Pinchon.
PlacePub	Paris
Publisher	Gautier et Languereau
Date	1925 from ownership inscription.
Illustrations	Colour illustrations to nearly every page by Joseph Porphyre Pinchon.
Description	Folio (31x22.5cm) cloth-spined pictorial boards (hinge repaired, tips and edges worn, corners creased) [2] +61pp +[1]p contents list. Ownership inscription Elizabeth Morris January 26th 1925 on pastedown. Comic book format with text below each picture, usually 6 illustrations per page. Lacks one third of one leaf (pp15-16). *An early edition of this famous French picture book, before 1925 from ownership inscription. Front cover has at foot: Édition de la "SEMAINE DE SUZETTE" 55, Quai des Grands-Augustins, Paris. On titlepage: Gautier et Languereau, Éditeurs 55, Quai des Grands-Augustins, 55 Paris. Back of titlepage has a list of 11 titles ending with "L'alphabet de Bécassine", and at foot "Copyright by Henri Gautier, 1913". Note at foot of last page: "1933-23. - Corbeil. Imprimerie Crété" below Table des Matières listing 61 stories.
Booknumber	J74819
Price	Price: GBP 30.00 or USD 37.00
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