From Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
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About this Item
First edition. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white by Kurt Weise. Tall 8vo, in the original pictorially decorated paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, illustrated endpapers, in the original dustjacket. 78pp. A fine copy with just a little rubbing along the bottom board edge, unobtrusive former owner's stamp on the front free-fly, the jacket is bright and clean and fully intact with only trivial mellowing at the edges and folds. SCARCE IN DUSTJACKET, AN ENTERTAINING WORLD WAR TWO CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CALDECOTT HONOR WINNER KURT WIESE. In this fast-moving and funny adventure two boys and their mule, the titular Missouri Canary, get involved with a troop of Army soldiers in town for combat training. This is one of several books by the combined talents of Phil Stong and Kurt Weise published during and about the Second World War. Children's books such as these played an important role in maintaining good morale on the home front. Seller Inventory # 33741
Bibliographic Details
Title: MISSOURI CANARY
Publisher: New York Dodd, Mead & Company 1943
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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