Poems for Children by Eugene Field

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First edition published with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Considered by some “the best known book illustrated by Parrish,” Field’s Poems of Childhood is the first book in which Parrish’s paintings were reproduced in full color Ludwig 31 . Five of the eight color plates contained within the volume were first commissioned by Edward Bok to be published, in conjunction with Field’s poems, at the Ladies’ Home Journal Ludwig 31 , with Parrish designing the remaining plates, title page, pictorial end papers, and paper cover label specifically for the publication of the 1904 volume