Chicken World, by E. Boyd Smith, G. P. Putnam\'s Sons,1910 Vintage Childrens Book For Sale

Offered here isan antique children\'s book:Chicken World, by E. Boyd Smith, published by G. P. Putnam\'s Sons. New York and London, 1910, Illustrated paper over boards, bound with black cloth, with cover soiling and rubbing on the corners and bottom edges of the covers and the spine heel, I see no markings inside, Internals bright and vivid; full page color illustrations, unpaginated (28pp), 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, good. Collectible First Edition of noted illustrator E. Boyd Smith\"s Chicken World. (Note that this is not the common Cadmus edition often misrepresented as a First Edition.) Complete as issued. Conforms to Baumgarten 197. Small Christmas card with message on first end paper.A doleful tale of Chicken World\'s life cycle; the Old Black Hen raises a brood that includes several ducks she incubates unknowingly. From May to December we track the chicks and ducks; the chicks at year\'s end \"dream of Spring, which soon will come again, when they like other hens, will hatch out broods of chicks themselves.\" This dream is transformed to reality on the last page, which pictures a roast chicken on a platter with carving utensils prominently displayed. Shipped in plastic, between stiff cardboard and with delivery confirmation.