Poor Cecco is a children's story written by Margery Williams Bianco; a celebrated British-American author, best known for penning The Velveteen Rabbit. Bianco (1881 - 1944), started writing children's books in the 1920s, and published Poor Cecco - a distinguished book rivalling the Velveteen Rabbit in 'classic status' - in 1925. It has the amusingly lengthy subtitle: The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who Was the Jolliest Toy in the House Until He Went Out to Explore the World, which rather aptly describes the ...
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Poor Cecco is a children's story written by Margery Williams Bianco; a celebrated British-American author, best known for penning The Velveteen Rabbit. Bianco (1881 - 1944), started writing children's books in the 1920s, and published Poor Cecco - a distinguished book rivalling the Velveteen Rabbit in 'classic status' - in 1925. It has the amusingly lengthy subtitle: The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who Was the Jolliest Toy in the House Until He Went Out to Explore the World, which rather aptly describes the contents! The book further contains a series of dazzling colour and black-and-white illustrations - by a master of the craft; Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration (which encompassed the years from 1850 until the start of the First World War), Rackham's artistry is quite simply, unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Margery Bianco's captivating narrative.
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Add this copy of Poor Cecco-Illustrated By Arthur Rackham to cart. $57.67, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Pook Press.
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Rackham, Arthur. Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 1925 copyright by George H. Doran Company-Poor Cecco-B-Printed in the United States of America. Beautifully designed, rare tangible. Oversize 7 1/2" x 10" gift book design. Deep blue full cloth boards w/ornate gilt cover design, spine titles, moderate shelf wear, some spine rub, label residue at spine, back board. Bright gilt cover titles, gilt panel in silhouette of the wooden dog setting out w/handkerchief on stick among animals, clowns, castles, etc. Thick deckled pages generally very good; couple stamps for Merced County Library. Inside back cover: Gracey Memorial Fund, Children's Books, Merced Library antiquarian pictorial bookplate of rising castles beyond boy; small antiquarian bookstore label adjacent, of character carrying leaning stack of books: "Levinson's, The Book Store, Sacramento"; also, clipped dj summary blurb of Poor Cecco adhered. Card pocket remains at front endpaper. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rackham illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece mounted color plate w/caption below; and, six full-page illustrations in color with captions to adjacent page, and twenty-four drawings in black and white. Printed in the United States of America. 175 pages. Insured post. "The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real was Margery Williams Bianco's first American work, and it remains her most famous. It became an instant classic. After becoming a renowned author, Bianco wrote numerous other children's books, with her son becoming the namesake of one of them, 1925's Poor Cecco: The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who Was the Jolliest Toy in the House Until He Went Out to Explore the World-a distinguished book. This lively adventure story, virtually a novel for children, is a brilliant exception to the sentimentality of Bianco's more famous book. Each of the many characters who populate the nursery toy cupboard is a distinct and amusing personality. Their interactions with each other and with the human, animal, and toy members of the world beyond it, whom they encounter on their quest for adventureand search for a lost friend, are delineated with understated humor. The relationship between the wooden dog Cecco, a natural leader, and Jensina, a highly independent and spirited wooden doll, is both subtle and funny. Superb illustrations by Arthur Rackham are a perfect complement to the narrative. While the publisher probably found it more practical to promote the shorter Velveteen Rabbit, Cecco's celebrated illustrator may have assured its survival." Latimore and Haskell, p. 59; Riall, p. 155.
