Quarto. 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, six further chromolithograph plates, and numerous in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in contemporary gilt-ruled tan morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Internally clean and crisp, overall, a fine copy.

A finely bound first edition of Poor Cecco, a masterful fable by children's author Margery Williams Bianco (1881-1944), creator of the Velveteen Rabbit; Bianco's son, Cecco, gives his name to the titular wooden dog. The colour plates within were illustrated by leading figure of the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration, English artist Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), whose trichomatically-printed pen-and-ink drawings defined the landscape of early twentieth century children's publishing from Grimm's fairy tales to the Wind in the Willows.