The Golliwogg in War! Castaways Gift inscription dated Christmas 1909

Gift inscription dated Christmas 1909 to inside front wrapper

entertaining stories

including the signed limitation page are practically non-existent on the open market

mild soiling

Original publisher's price-clipped second state color pictorial paper dust jacket repeating the design of the book's cover with the addition of titles printed in black to spine

The Golliwogg in War! Castaways Gift inscription dated Christmas 1909(Upton, Florence K.) illustrator. THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR! by Florence K. Upton; verses by Bertha Upton. New York; London; Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., [1899], (1899). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Oblong 4to 8 11 16" x 11 3 16". Red cloth backed color pictorial glazed paper covered boards with wear to the bottom edges and corners, and minor soiling for what is a nice copy of the book. Swan motif endpapers with darkening to the FFEP and RFEP; vertical crease