Original Pen and Ink Drawing by Tony Sarg Juvenile literature Original publisher's 1/4 vellum over

Original publisher's 1/4 vellum over blue buckram covered boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt to front cover

circa 1926

effectively defining the aesthetic landscape of late nineteenth-century children's literature

light creasing to front cover and first two leaves for what is a very nice copy of the book

Each page of text is illustrated with a full page color drawing on the facing page

Original Pen and Ink Drawing by Tony Sarg Juvenile literature Original publisher's 1/4 vellum overSarg, Tony. ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING BY TONY SARG. Chicago: The Parents' Institute, Inc., 1939. The drawing, which is captioned 'A story that teaches a lesson "The Boy who skated on thin ice!"' measures 8" x 10 1 2" on a 13 3 4" x 10 1 2" sheet of heavy weight drawing paper. The drawing features the aforementioned ice skating boy at the precise moment he learned the "lesson". This drawing was published on page 52 of the March 1939 issue of