GRUELLE, Johnny.
Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1928.
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Item Number: RRB-152433
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"With a wish that all your wishes may be Magical Wishes": Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes; Lengthily Signed by Johnny Gruelle
Early printing of the eighth book in Johnny Gruelle's beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, "With a wish that all your wishes may be 'Magical Wishes' Johnny Gruelle, March 1937." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and with such a lengthy inscription.
Johnny Gruelle was an American illustrator, cartoonist, and storyteller who created Raggedy Ann, one of the most enduring characters in all of American children's literature. According to the cherished family account, Gruelle found an old handmade rag doll in his mother's attic, gave it a face and the name Raggedy Ann, and presented it to his young daughter Marcella, whose early death lent the gentle character a lasting poignancy. First introduced in Raggedy Ann Stories in 1918 and joined by Raggedy Andy in 1920, the rag-doll siblings became an American icon, and Gruelle continued their adventures in a long series of tales. Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes, first published in 1928, follows Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy on a whimsical journey full of wishes granted and kindness rewarded. Gruelle's tender, whimsically illustrated stories, peopled with invented creatures and animated by a spirit of kindness, have remained beloved for more than a century.
Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes.
$975.00
In Stock
