Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1975
Seller: Bailey Books, St.Albert, AB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Wegner, Fritz (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new, unread, and not remaindered. Interior is clean and free of any writing or bookplates. Three quarter bound with green cloth over gold boards. Bright silver titles to spine. Clipped dustjacket has a hint of rubbing to extremities with very minor shelfwear to show. Tiny nick to the bottom edge of the front wrap. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. Richler was Canada's official cantankerous grump for many years. This, his first book for children and dedicated to his own five, revealed a tiny sliver of gentle humour and compassion buried beneath his brusque exterior.