Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: All plates including the great frontispiece are present and notably fine within; with chipping/ fraying to cloth at crown and toe of spine and though still holding splitting at front pastedowns and endsheets.
Seller: Albatross Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: School library binding in burgundy cloth. No titles on cover or spine. Newer paste downs and flyleaves with hinges reinforced with linen cloth. School stamp on front paste down. Copyright page with B. Internal handling marks, some light diagonal creases in corners, page 19 with a paper loss in upper corner, some page edges with an occasional ding or small chip. Jensina's Cottage plate and preceding page with a 0.75 inch edge tear, In The Toy Cupboard plate with a 0.5 inch top edge closed tear. All 7 colored plates present. End papers with line drawings. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran, New York, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth with gold stamped design and lettering, few sml dark stain spots top front, some darkening along front & tope edge, gilt brighjt front, title on spine still legible; 7 color plates laid in, all present, eps w/ line drawing designs, prev owner sml signature in ink very top ffep, 175 pp. Size: 7"-10"
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Margery Williams Bianco. Poor Cecco. George H Doran Company, New York, NY, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The wonderful story of a wonderful wooden dog who was the jolliest toy in the house until he went out to explore the world." 8 color Arthur Rackham illustrations. I'm not sure of the printing. Could be a 2nd as it has a "B" beneath copyright date, however it has the publisher's colophon. Light wear to the covers with some light stains. The binding is a little loose. A good to very good copy.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 176 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; color frontispiece and six tipped-in color plates. 4to, publisher's blue gilt cloth. First trade edition. Some scattered slight tanning to the text of a few leaves; color plates all fine. Some light use to cloth; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pictorial navy cloth binding with gilt lettering slightly rubbed at extremities; backstrip a bit browned; boards lightly soiled; several points in textblock cracked; pencilled owners' names & inked gift inscription on front endpaper & front paste-down; a few leaves bent at bottom corners; leaf edges, endpapers foxed/smudged, else a nice book, with bright, clear ils. ; Many delightful b&w ils., seven color plates (one a tipped-in frontis) by Arthur Rackham, all present. ; Large 8vo; 175 pages
Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
Margery Williams Bianco. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran, New York, 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very nice copy but there is a small gift inscription on FEP. Written by the author of the Velveteen Rabbit. Frontispiece is tipped in and the rest are all full (covers entire page) page illustrations.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$122.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial design stamped on the front cover. No dust jacket. First American trade edition, second printing, with B on the copyright page. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Tips of corners have a whisper of wear. Inked ownership name and date (March 1926) neatly penned onto illustrated front free endpage (Julia Eveleth Haskell, daughter of Fitch Harrison Haskell, a prominent Pasadena architect of the era) . Contains seven color plates by Arthur Rackham: a tipped in frontispiece and six additional full-page illustrations, all in fine condition. Illustrated endpapers. Small 4to. 175 pp.
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$138.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large octavo, 9.8 in. x 7.8 in., pp. 175. Illustrated with seven tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham. Blue cloth boards with gilt title and framed character scene to front. Gilt title and dog's head to spine. Rubbing to extremities; a couple scuffs to front. Bottom corners just showing. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1926, to front free endpaper. Margery Williams Bianco (July 22, 1881 - September 4, 1944) was a British-American author and translator, best known for children's books. Her most enduring work is The Velveteen Rabbit (1922). Poor Cecco folowed The Velveteen Rabbit three years later. She received the Newbery Honor for Winterbound. Margery William's interest in writing was fueled by the encouragement she received from her father. (from LIterary Ladies Guide).
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran, New York, 1925.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second Printing with "B" on copyright page. Original blue cloth. By the author of "The Velveteen Rabbit." Barely discernible dampstain on covers, gift inscription in ink, Very Good. No Dust Jacket.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$144.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Williams Bianco Margery. Poor Cecco. George H Doran Co., New York U.S.A., 1925.
Price: US$309.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition with plain endpapers and Seven Full colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A charming story by the author of the Velveteen Rabbit.A Good copy in blue cloth with gold decoration and lettering
Seller: barnoble-books, Boston, LINCS, United Kingdom
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. x. 176pp. Gilt decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Wonderful children's story illustrated with full-page color reproductions of paintings by Arthur Rackham. Overall very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1925 at title page; "Copyright, 1925, by George H. Doran Company - Poor Cecco - B - ." Beautifully designed, rare tangible. Oversize 8" x 10 1/4" gift book design. From front wrapper panel: "The wonderful story of a wonderful wooden dog who was the jolliest toy in the house until he went out to explore the world - Illustrated in Colour and Line by Arthur Rackham." Orange full cloth boards, red cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Cover features stylized titles with Cecco and fellow toys on the march. Thick, heavy stock pages good; deep toning at endpapers. Some fox to exterior text block. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Frontispiece tipped-in color plate w/caption uniquely behind side mounted plate; and, six additional full-page illustrations in color with captions to adjacent page, and twenty-four drawings in black and white. Rare original dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub; unclipped 7s./6d. net, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel illustration matches Rackham plate inside: "By tea-time Jessina had washed one hundred and thirteen bundles of laundry, which was certainly, she thought, some help to her hostess, Mrs. Woodchuck." Rare near very good first edition in near very good original jacket. "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 - 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 adventure and search for a lost friend, are individuated 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 accentuation to the narrative. While the publisher probably found it more practical to promote the shorter Velveteen Rabbit, Cecco's celebrated illustrator assured its survival." Latimore and Haskell, p. 59; Riall, p. 155. Printed in the United States of America. 176 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams; Rackham, Arthur. POOR CECCO. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: The first US edition of this Rackham-illustrated tale of dolls and toys on a mission to rescue one of their own, by the author of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, in the elusive original dust jacket. Poor Cecco the wooden dog is named after Bianco's son. 9.75'' x 7.5''. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front cover and spine. Original unclipped (three dollars net) color pictorial dust jacket. Full-page tipped-in color frontispiece, with six full-page color plates and black and white in-text illustrations throughout. xiv, 15-175, [1] pages. Scarce jacket lightly soiled, with a few large chips, some tape repairs to verso. Book with a bit of spotting but largely clean and beautiful.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1904.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition #79 of 105 copies, signed by the author (who is most famous for the children's classic, The Velveteen Rabbit). Notable as a Rackham limited edition which he didn't sign. This work is frequently cited as the "rarest Rackham" limited edition and was never issued in England as a limited edition. With 7 tissue-guarded tipped-in plates by Rackham. 4to. xiv, 15-175pp., [1]. Latimore & Haskell, pgs. 59-60. Good plus with toned vellum-like paper spine with leather spine label over paper covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, stain to fore edge, pages browned from age and paper quality, professional repairs to spine and hinges. Nevertheless, a respectable copy of a noted rarity.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: The Rarest of the Limited Edition Rackham Books Limited to 105 Copies [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. By Margery Williams Bianco. Author of "The Velveteen Rabbit." Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. First edition, deluxe large paper issue. One of 105 numbered copies (this one out-of-series and unsigned). Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; 292 x 216 mm.). 175 pp. Seven full-page illustrations in color, mounted on white paper, and twenty-four drawings in black and white. Original parchment-backed light blue paper boards, navy blue lettering label on spine. Pictorial endpapers in pale blue on white. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Slight cracking to upper inner hinge, otherwise, a fine copy. This, the rarest of all the Rackham limited editions was actually never signed by Rackham. The 105 copies were numbered and signed by Margery Williams Bianco, this copy however apparently escaped the signing process. The text, with the same illustrations by Rackham, also appeared in Good Housekeeping beginning in May 1925. No limited English edition was issued, and this title/edition is the rarest of Rackham illustrated books, and extremely scarce. "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 and has remained so through numerous adaptations in children's theater as well as on radio, television and in the movies. 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 Worldâ"a distinguished book that belies its somewhat priggish subtitle and is arguably better entitled than The Velveteen Rabbit to status as a classic. 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 adventure/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 in the catalogues of rare book dealers despite its undeserved literary obscurity. A return to more sober themes marks Bianco's other popular works, such as the same year's The Little Wooden Doll, illustrated by her daughter Pamela, in which the title character is badly mistreated by some children, but shown love and compassion by another child, which made her whole again." (Wikipedia) Latimore and Haskell, p. 59; Riall, p. 155.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Description: 176 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; color frontispiece and six tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue overleaves. 4to, publisher's pale blue boards and white spine with gilt-lettered spine label. First edition; No. 77 of 105 large paper copies, signed by Margery Williams Bianco. There is the very slightest of tanning to the marginal edges of the text block; slight sue to spine; a very attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing with the publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Margery Williams Bianco on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good soiling and light staining to cloth with rubbing to cloth at extremities, several small stains to paged and textblock edge. In a Good dust jacket with chipping and edge wear, foxing, and a number of small tape repairs made to the verso. Books signed by the author, who is best-known for writing The Velveteen Rabbit, are scarce.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited issue. Signed by Margery Williams Bianco, author of The Velveteen Rabbit. Copy #58 of 105 thus. [2], 175, [1] pp. With seven tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and 24 black-and-white illustrations in the text. In quarter vellum-style paper and textured blue paper over boards, gilt-stamped spine label, top edge gilt, endpapers illustrated in blue; housed in original slipcase with correct limitation number marked in pencil at head of spine panel. Spine darkened and lightly soiled, edges faintly sunned; minor toning to text leaves, tiny spots of soiling to rear endpapers, hinges starting but binding remains tight; slipcase soiled and sunned, worn and chipped at edges. A Very Good+ copy in a Good, unrestored slipcase. One of the most uncommon Rackham books. Latimore & Haskell p. 59; Riall p. 155.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$8373.71 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 12 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions, this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Quarto. Original vellum spine, gilt-lettered black morocco label, cornflower blue covers. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Very slight toning to spine, extremities of covers slightly sunned, minor tear at head of front hinge, slight splitting to rear hinge; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$8695.78 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 78 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Quarto. Original vellum spine, gilt-lettered black morocco label, cornflower blue sides. Housed in a fleece-lined, blue quarter morocco solander box. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates mounted and with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Sides very slightly faded along top edges, small neat ink blot at foot of front free endpaper. A lovely copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$9017.84 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 23 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions, this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. A contemporary review of the UK edition stated "the wonderful story of the wonderful wooden dog who was the jolliest toy in the house, until he went out to explore the world, is much above the ordinary. Miss Bianco. is fortunate to have her work illustrated by such a master-hand as that of Mr Rackham. His full-page plates in colour are a delight". Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, 19 December 1925, p. 748. Quarto. Original blue boards with vellum backstrip, gilt-lettered black morocco label. Original slipcase. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Slight toning to spine, corners very slightly bumped, trace of sunning to extremities, slipcase professionally restored with new sections and adhesive tape marks: a near-fine copy in a good slipcase.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom