RAGGEDY ANN'S MAGICAL WISHES

New York / Joliet / Chicago: The P.F. Volland Company, 1928. Fine in very good box.. First edition, first printing of the eighth book in the Raggedy Ann series, featuring the magical left-handed safety pin and other whimsical fantasy elements - in the original box. First acclaimed on the scene of the Sunday comics with "Mr. Twee Deedle," Gruelle launched into fame with his Raggedy Ann series. The books were based upon a rag doll he had designed with bright red hair, though Gruelle "always considered Raggedy Ann and Andy to be, first and foremost, storybook characters, whose personas had been born and refined on the printed page" (Hall 17). Mixing the down to earth with the witty, the Raggedy Ann and Andy series also blend charming images for children with a Jazz Age sensibility. In this installment, magic is the theme: the doll siblings run into witches, magicians, and other magical creatures among a fairy-tale like forest setting. A terrific copy. 9'' x 6''. Original color pictorial boards with black cloth spine. In original color pictorial box. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Gruelle in color throughout. Publisher's ads at rear. [96] pages. Box with a few repairs and spots of rubbing. Book clean and beautiful.