![]() ![]() Bumps to corners and some wear to extremities, wear and creasing to box, else near fine. In its complete form, this set is particularly rare. The green open-top box shows Raggedy Ann on the front and bears a 1940 copyright and a McLoughlin Bros. While #883 and #884 do appear in the price list for 1943, it is unclear whether the record refers to these particular volumes or to the 1943 editions of the same texts. Gruelle received US Patent D47789 for his Raggedy Ann doll on September 7, 1915. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. Additionally, none of the books appear in the McLoughlin Brothers price list for 1940-1941. Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (18801938) that appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Though all these books appear in Patricia Hall's 2001 bibliography of Gruelle, they are listed separately, without the box in which these are housed. Gruelle" who signs the illustrations is thus the creator's brother, Justin C. They mark the first Raggedy Ann stories printed after the death of their creator, Johnny Gruelle, in 1938. series "The Little Color Classics," with the titles "Raggedy Ann Helps Grandpa Hoppergrass" (#843), "Raggedy Ann and the Hoppy Toad" (#844), "Raggedy Andy Goes Sailing" (#883), and "The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees" (#884). This set of four volumes come from the McLoughlin Bros. ![]() Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. ![]()
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