Peterkin

E-343: David McKay. Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA 1940. Unpaginated [40 pages]; Illustrated with 15 color plates and b&w text illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book is certain to captivate anyone, of any age, who opens the covers and dives into the chaos the naughty red-headed little Peterkin creates when he switches bird's eggs, scares off all the parent birds, and then has to care for all the little ones himself! The Walter Lanz movie, "Scrambled Eggs" was created from this storyline by the Poganys... A great read still, after all these years, and such imaginative and fun art is sure to charm all who read this! EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages .