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An edition of The little match man (1917)

The little match man

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During a moment of boredom, an Italian war correspondent in Japan constructs a little figure from wooden matches and string, and to his surprise, the match figure comes to life. The figure contains the ancient nature spirit of the tree from which the matches were made.

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The Penn Publishing Company
Language
English

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The little match man
1917, The Penn Publishing Company
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1917, The Penn Publishing Company
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First Sentence

"I am going to tell you something that you must never tell anyone."

Table of Contents

I. My Surprise Page 11 II. The First Adventure Page 19 III. He Confides in Me Page 27 IV. About a Stork and a Battle Page 33 V. The Haji Saves the Warrior Page 43 VI. The Sad Story of the Transformation Page 51 VII. The End of Fiam's Fears Page 59 VIII. Fiam Goes to the War Page 67 IX. Postage Stamps Page 73 X. Fimmiferino Has a Bath Page 83 XI. A Curious Costume Page 91 XII. Fiam as a Mountain Climber Page 97 XIII. A Change of Residence Page 103 XIV. Fiam Overlooks the Battle Page 109 XV. Fiam Wears a Fur Coat Page 115 XVI. Fiam's Silver Armour Page 123 XVII. A Singular Encounter Page 129 XVIII. I Am Entrusted With a Delicate Mission Page 137 XIX. The Effect of Fiam's Foresight Page 143 XX. Fiam Goes Forth Page 149 XXI. The Zeal of Dr. Tasa Page 159

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Published in
Philadelphia

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.B288 L

Contributors

Illustrator
Hattie Longstreet

The Physical Object

Pagination
164 p.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7228626M
Internet Archive
littlematchman00barz
LCCN
17023645

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June 6, 2015 Edited by Prose Added illustrator name and language.
June 6, 2015 Edited by Prose Edited without comment.
April 14, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Linked existing covers to the edition.
March 21, 2010 Edited by EricW Contents, summary
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Internet Archive item record