Author: GARIS, HOWARD R.
Title: Uncle Wiggily in the Country
Description: New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc, 1940. Hardcover. The seventh Uncle Wiggily book, written by the prolific children's author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962). With a full color frontis illustration by Elmer Rache, and another to front panel of dust jacket. Uncle Wiggily enjoys a vacation in the country with his friends Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, Sammie Littletail, Dickie Chip-Chip, Grandfather Goosey Gander and others in this series of 28 stories which originally ran in the Evening News of Newark, New Jersey. --- In full green paper-covered boards with image of Wiggily and titling in yellow to cover and spine. Volume wrapped in illustrated jacket. This version lacks additional Rache illustrations. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with mild wear to cover edges. Fair-only jacket with large missing chunk to tail of spine and other chips and tears; protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 184 pages. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

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