The Mousewife.
Godden, Rumer.
Sold by Eisiau Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
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Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by Eisiau Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 11 April 2025
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. First Edition. 47 pages. True 1st edition of Rumer Godden's juvenile fantasy. SUMMARY: "Day in and day out the dutiful mousewife works alongside her mousehusband. The house of Miss Barbara Wilkinson, where the Mouses make their home, is a nice house and the mousewife is for the most part happy with her lot and yet she yearns for something more. But what? Her husband, for one, can't imagine. I think about cheese, he advises her. Why don't you think about cheese? Then an odd and exotic new creature, a turtledove, is brought into the house, and the mousewife is fascinated. The mousewife makes friends with the strange dove, who is kept in a cage but who tells her about things no housemouse has ever imagined, blue skies, tumbling clouds, tall trees, and far horizons, the memory of which haunt the dove in his captivity. The dove's tales fill the mousewife with wonder and drive her to take daring action. Rumer Godden's lovely fable about the unexpected ways in which dreams can come true is illustrated with beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by William Pène du Bois." CONDITION: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. This is a vintage item in used condition. DJ is clipped, but original price of $2.00 is still visible. DJ features minor tearing and loss of artwork along top edge, with wear along spine. Now wrapped in protective Mylar. Pictorial boards feature mouse design. Minor signs of wear and use along edges and spine. Stamp from former bookseller 'The Personal Book Shop' Boston on FFE. Minor age-toning to interior pages. A clean and collectible copy of the first edition!
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