The Three Billy Goats.
"Once upon a time there were three Billy Goats and their name was Gruff. There was Little Billy Goat Gruff, Big Billy Goat Gruff, and Biggest Billy Goat Gruff": First edition of Frank Dobias' The Three Billy Goats
The Three Billy Goats.
DOBIAS, Frank.
$975.00
Item Number: 115582
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1927.
First edition of Dobias’ charming retelling of the classic Norwegian fairy tale. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, patterned endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Austrian-born American illustrator Frank Dobias illustrated several successful children's books between the early 1920s and late 1940s. His illustrations for the Japanese version of Little Black Sambo made the book a bestseller in Japan, selling well over a million copies between 1953-1988.
