Brown calf spine with gilt title. Cloth boards. Ex library book.

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Though an ex-library book, this copy remains in good to fair condition.

The 1936 J.M. Dent & Sons edition of Pinocchio (written under the pen name Carlo Collodi) is a classic reprint of this beloved children’s story. Copies of this specific vintage printing—typically bound in cloth—generally retail on the secondary market for around £12 to £30, depending on their condition. About this Item. 1936. Reprinted. 268 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illus…
The 1936 copy of Pinocchio published by J.M. Dent & Sons is an ex-library book that has been custom library-rebound or institutionalised with a quarter-leather binding (the brown calf spine) to withstand heavy public use. Because the standard commercial edition from Dent in 1936 was originally issued in blue cloth, this specific physical layout severely alters its standing on the collector’s market.

Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He is created as a wooden puppet, but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is known for his long nose, which grows when he lies. Pinocchio is a cultural icon and one of the most reimagined characters in children’s literature. His story has been adapted into many other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.  Collodi often used the Italian Tuscan dialect in his book. The name Pinocchio is possibly derived from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or constructed from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”) and occhio (“eye”).

Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. Lorenzini was born in Florence on 24 November 1826. His mother Angiolina Orzali Lorenzini was a seamstress from Collodi, the town from which he later took the pen name, and his father Domenico Lorenzini was a cook. Both parents worked for the marchese Ginori Lisci.Carlo was the eldest child in the family and he had ten siblings; seven died at a young age. He spent most of his childhood in the town of Collodi where his mother was born. He lived there with his maternal grandmother. After attending primary school, he was sent to study at a theological seminary in Colle Val d’Elsa. An account at the seminary shows that the marchese had offered financial aid, but the boy found that he did not want to be a priest so he continued his education at the College of the Scolopi Fathers in Florence. In 1844, he started working at the Florentine bookstore Libreria Piatti, where he assisted Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist.