Slovenly Peter or Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures for Good Little Folks, with Color Illustrations after the Original Style, This special edition is published by The John C. Winston Company
Philadelphia ad Toronto: The John C Winston Company, No date [c. 1940s]. Boards. [POETRY] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE] [RACIST CARICATURE]. Small 4to; [88]pp; maroon ribbed boards, design and lettering stamped in black; ownership in child’s pencil scrawl on front pastedown; illustrated throughout with text, some colored illustrations; rubbing to board edges, corners and spine with loss, stain on fore-edge not extending onto the pages; very good. Very good. Item #1788
Heinrich Hoffman’s famous tale of caution to children about their behavior. The collection includes other stories, including “The Story of the Inky Boys,” with racist caricatures of Black people. The stories are told in verse and focus on misbehaving children and lessons learned through violence.
Price: $95.00