C. Collodi/Attilio Mussino - Le avventure di Pinocchio - 1942

Rarest edition dedicated to Carlo Collodi's masterpiece... "The Adventures of Pinocchio told to the youngest readers." A distinctive adaptation and colored plates produced under the direction of Renato Franceschini, 1942 edition - second edition published by Marzocco. Illustrations by Attilio Mussino. Refined and rare Marzocchian toy-book with four movable plates and an official dedication to the Princes of the House of Savoy, a perfect example of propaganda publishing for children in the early postwar period. Copy in good condition, with the publisher's cardboard cover preserved but showing signs of wear at the corners and edges, and with original movable figures that are present and functioning. Front board reattached and fragile when opened. Some light pencil annotations. Inside, good condition, clean, illustrations clean for the age. Very rare!! Only for Pinocchio lovers!!!