Paris: Domino Press, Date: 1931. 14.5" x 11.5" Boards are browning, very edgeworn with some stains. Front board is cracking at hinge. Gift inscription on feb. Fep is missing. Title page has 1.5" strip of green tape in upper corner. Some of the pages have light stains, not in text. Illustrations are clean and colors are very bright. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Rojankovsky, Feodor. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex Libris. 1931. Domino Press [US]

Paris: Domino Press, Date: 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Folio. [16] pp., illus. First trade edition. As issued, backed in cloth with pictorial paper over boards. Some minor fraying to the spine ends and corners; contents are extremely bright and clean but for one minor spot of discoloration on the recto of the final leaf. An unusually nice copy of this, the first trade edition of the first book from Esther Averill and Lila Stanley's expatriate Domino Press, and the first English-language children's book illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning Russian-born artist Feodor Rojanovsky. Beautiful five-color lithographic illustrations throughout. 1931. Domino Press [US]

[publisher: Domino Press, Paris] Hardcover First Edition (Rojankovsky, Feodor) illustrator. DANIEL BOONE: HISTORIC ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER AMONG THE INDIANS; lithographs in colour by Fedor Rojankovsky; edited by Ester Averill and Lila Stanley. Paris: Domino Press, [1931]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Folio - 14-3/8" x 11-7/16". Blue cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards in pristine condition with nary a flaw to be seen for what is a magnificent copy of the book. Original publisher's glassine dust wrapper with a small chip at tail of spine, a larger chip to lower fore edge corner of front panel and front flap, and minor fraying to top and bottom edges of rear panel for what is a lovely example of the original dust wrapper. [16] pp. The story of Daniel Boone: backwoodsman, hunter, pathfinder, pioneer, scout and soldier vividly illustrated on every page with bright colorful lithographs by Rojankovsky; internally the book is without flaw. This book was the first published work of Ester Averill's Paris based Domino Press; it was also the first children's book Rojankovsky illustrated. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust wrapper is NEAR FINE. This is a stunning copy of the book, being in near mint condition both inside and out.
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