Author: Bradley, Will.
Title: The Wonder-Box" by Will Bradley. [the First 9 of Will Bradley's 10 Short Stories Published Under the Title "the Wonder-Box" As First Serialized in 2 Volumes of "St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks" from November 1915 Through October 1916]. (2 Volumes).
Description: New York: The Century Co. / London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1915 to 1916. [1916]. [1916]. - Quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Two volumes uniformly bound in red cloth elaborately titled and illustrated in gilt and black on the front covers and the spines. The head and tail of the spines are very lightly bumped with minor rubbing to the corners of the covers. Pages [i]-viii & [1]-576; and pages [i]-viii & [577]-1152, respectively, with full-page and textual illustrations in color and black & white including those by Will Bradley illustrating his own stories as well as a full-page color plate by Arthur Rackham titled "The Little Piper". The front hinge of the second volume is cracked opposite the front blank with a short tear to the bottom edge of the front endpaper. There is a small piece out of the corner of page 519 of the first volume. The bindings are slightly shaken. An early owner's name with the date is penned on the front blank of each volume. An attractive set. The two volumes of the periodical consist of "Volume XLIII, Part I -November, 1915, to April, 1916", and "Volume XLIII, Part II - May to October, 1916". Here, appearing for the first time, are the first 9 of 10 short stories published by Will Bradley under the title "The Wonder-Box" The stories consist of: "Much From Little", this story includes duo-tone illustrations by Bradley, whereas the others are illustrated in black & white; "The Two Chests"; "Hans & The Hoop of Gold"; "The Master Makes a Bargain"; "The Lad and Luck's House"; "The Five Golden Candlesticks"; "Hans The Wise"; "Three - and a Fourth"; "Snip & Stitch". The book of Bradley's stories, which included a tenth story "Nip & Tuck", was first published in October 1916. Also worth noting are the article "National Stars of the Gridiron" by Parke Davis. This article includes 42 photographic portraits of football players. Also "America the Beautiful", with words by Katherine Lee Bates and Music by Edith S. Pettee; "A Little Boy's Friends", an illustrated ABC poem by Mary Coles Carrington; "Wash-Day", a poem & illustration by E.W. Kemble; "The Princess Who Could Not Dance" by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrated by Frank & Allie Dillon; "Playing the Infield: Some of the Fielding Stars at Various Positions Give their Ideas on Fielding" by Billy Evans, with 5 photographic portraits of baseball players; There are 2 pages of photographs depicting "Toy Yachting in Central Park"; and "The Game I Love" by Frances Ouimet, the former National Golf Champion of America, a 3-1/4 page essay with 3 photographic illustrations. Good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ST. NICHOLAS: AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG FOLKS; COLOR PLATES; MONOCHROME PLATES; RHYMES; POEMS; FIRST APPEARANCES; 1ST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; THE WONDER-BOX; WILL BRADLEY; SHORT STORIES;


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