The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Feast of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, to which is added the Doleful Death of Cock Robin
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Barbara Cooney. Third Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Frontis. color illustration. Color illustrations throughout. Copyright page printing code C-5.67 (third printing May 1967.) Light red cloth, titles and illustration stamped in black on the cover, titles on the spine: spine ends stained, scar on front board. In the color illustrated dust jacket: front flap lower corner clipped with price $3.25 on upper corner: just a touch age-toned, edges crisp. (Please excuse the glare in the dust jacket photo; it's not a dust jacket condition factor.). Good / Good+. Item #6811
The award-winning illustrator's rendering of a lesser-known Cock Robin nursery rhyme, quite gloomy in its gothic treatment of death. Dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $30.00