Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., 1959. Hardcover first edition - One of the earliest books published in the United States by Bruno Munari, an Italian artist and "many sided genius" as painter, sculptor, ohotographer, designer of books, toys and mobiles. . After the War he began to create picture books which have been called "'among the most original, imaginative, and beautiful books ever made'" (rear cover). Originally published in Italy in 1945. Large format, with five lift-up flaps on the rectos, the brief text on the facing page (all of the flaps are intact) .