BAUM, L. Frank. DENSLOW, W. W. (illus.). Father Goose: His Book.. Geo. M. Hill Co., Chicago, 1899.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Description: Pictures by Wm. W. Denslow (in color throughout). Folio, publisher's illustrated boards. First edition, first issue (September 1899). Boards rubbed at edges and corners; expertly rebacked with neat replacement of the bottom three inches of the spine; marginal corners of three leaves expertly replaced. Inscribed and signed in green ink on the front free endpaper by W. W. Denslow, with an original watercolor drawing of a small girl looking out to a ship at sea, also signed by the artist, "Den," with his seahorse.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.