FREDDY PLAYS FOOTBALL; Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
by Brooks, Walter R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good / Good Minus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Minus. Kurt Wiese. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 265. Profusely illustrated with black and white ink drawings. Dark tan cloth boards with football-playing pig stamped in red to front. Red title and pig to spine. Light shelfwear to board edges. Illustrated endpapers. "$2.50" to front dustjacket flap. Rubbing to dustjacket edges. Large chip to top of dustjacket spine removes portion of title. Small chips to bottom of spine and corners. Protected in mylar. The first works that Walter Rollin Brooks (1886-1958) published were poems and short stories. Among these were a series of short stories featuring "a talking horse and his drunken owner" which was the basis for the 1960s television comedy series Mister Ed. His most enduring works, however, are the 26 books that he wrote about Freddy the Pig and his friends, stories that offer (to quote Anthony Boucher) "wit, sound structural plotting, genuine character-humor, and admirable English prose."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87296
- Title
- FREDDY PLAYS FOOTBALL; Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
- Author
- Brooks, Walter R
- Illustrator
- Kurt Wiese
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good / Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Shelfwear
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Spine
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