(Sarg, Tony) illustrator. PLAYTIME BOOK: AN AMAZING BOOK OF PICTURES, VERSES AND COLOR EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES by Alice Gnagey. Newark, New Jersey: D. S. Colyer, Publisher, (1939). FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-7/8" x 8-7/16". Staple bound color pictorial glazed card wrappers with a signed Tony Sarg drawing of a clown, a dog and a horse on front wrapper, and another signed Tony Sarg drawing of a dog, a girl and a lady on back wrapper; light wear along spine and a bumped corner at head of spine for what is a bright, fresh copy of the book. 20 pp. This is a children's activity book. The left-hand pages each have a half page full color illustration with verses below; the right hand pages each see the opposite illustration duplicated in outline to be colored by the child, and with sentences below about the opposite verses with blanks to be filled in by the child. A total of eight full color drawings illustrate the activity pages of the book, including two by Tony Sarg, the same two that are used to illustrate the wrappers. This is a really fun activity book with wonderful illustrations, engaging verses and fun quizzes; internally the book is fine with no drawings having been colored or any answer blanks having been filled in. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. No copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE # 000789