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Pictures by Wm. W. Denslow (in color throughout). Folio, publisher's illustrated boards. First edition, first issue (September 1899). Boards rubbed at edges and corners; expertly rebacked with neat replacement of the bottom three inches of the spine; marginal corners of three leaves expertly replaced. Inscribed and signed in green ink on the front free endpaper by W. W. Denslow, with an original watercolor drawing of a small girl looking out to a ship at sea, also signed by the artist, "Den," with his seahorse.

Father Goose His Book is a collection of humorous poetry for children written by L. Frank Baum. Released in 1899, the book presents a series of limericks and illustrations that were designed to amuse and entertain young readers.