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Illustrated in color throughout by W.W. Denslow, hand-lettered text by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. (4to) color pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket. "Sixth Edition" (later printing).

This copy with very scarce dust jacket, as described in the later Bobs-Merrill printings of the book, matching the design of the covers and printed in orange and black. This is considered the first significant American colored picture book for children. This edition differs from the first five editions in that two verses have been rewritten and another (a rather cruel one about a parrot and a firecracker) has been entirely dropped, the words "Published" and "Imprinted" have been deleted from the printing history above the copyright notice, the date deleted from the introduction, and the title of the book added to the spine. TBB Autumn 1987; Bienvenue & Schmidt, p.170.