Poems of Childhood. With Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1904. First American Edition. Pp, x,199. Pictorial cloth boards, lightly faded, contents in good condition.

Illustrated with eight coloured plates with titled tissue-guards.

Eugene Field was known as the ‘Poet of childhood.’ Some of his most famous poems are “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod”, “The Duel” (also known as “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat”), and “Little Boy Blue.

American painter and illustrator, Maxfield Parrish, was active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and paintings of whimsical mythological scenes.