Poppy Ott
Author: Leo Edwards (Pen Name)
Artists: Bert Salg & Myrtle Sheldon
11 Volumes (1926 to 1939)
Brief Bibliography & Dustjacket Gallery [View]
1 Poppy Ott and the Stuttering Parrot 1926
2 Poppy Ott's Seven-League Stilts 1926
3 Poppy Ott and the Galloping Snail 1927
4 Poppy Ott's Pedigreed Pickles 1927
5 Poppy Ott and the Freckled Goldfish 1928
6 Poppy Ott and the Tittering Totem 1929
7 Poppy Ott and the Prancing Pancake 1930
8 Poppy Ott Hits the Trail 1933
9 Poppy Ott & Co., Inferior Decorators 1937
10 The Monkey's Paw 1938
11 The Hidden Dwarf 1939
Format 1: (Volumes 1 to 7) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1926-32 View
Red Cloth Binding with Gold Lettering outlined in Black on front and Black Lettering on spine.
Endpages are plain white.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece with three internal plates on glossy coated paper.
Dustjacket is white coated paper with White Spine and different multi-color illustrations for each book.
Dustjackets printed prior to 1933 typically lack G&D logo at spine bottom and have title listings in Green Ink on reverse/inside.
Format 2: (Volumes 1 to 9) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1933-37 View
Red Cloth Binding with Dark Navy Blue Lettering on front and spine. Front board has “Freckled Goldfish” with Top Hat.
Endpages are decorated with delightful parade scene in Red ink.
Edgecoloring (Top Page Edges) in Dark Navy Blue Ink.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece with three internal plates on glossy coated paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with White Spine and different multi-color illustrations for each book.
Dustjackets printed after 1933 typically have G&D logo at spine bottom and have title listings in Black Ink on reverse/inside.
Format 3A: (Volumes 1 to 9) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1938-40s
Red Cloth Binding with Dark Navy Blue Lettering on front and spine. Front board does NOT have “Freckled Goldfish”.
Endpages are decorated with delightful parade scene in Red ink.
Edgecoloring (Top Page Edges) in Dark Navy Blue Ink.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on glossy coated paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with White Spine and different multi-color illustrations for each book.
Format 3B: (Volumes 10 to 11) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1938-39 View
Red Cloth Binding with Black Lettering on front and spine. Front board does NOT have “Freckled Goldfish”.
Endpages are decorated with scene of boy spying from behind large tree in Indigo ink.
Edgecoloring (Top Page Edges) in Dark Navy Blue Ink.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on glossy coated paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine and different multi-color illustrations for each book.
