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Ellis P. Butler: Inscribed & Signed Pig Is Pigs

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Ellis P. Butler: Inscribed & Signed Pig Is Pigs
<B>Ellis Parker Butler: Inscribed & Signed 1906 Edition of <I>Pigs Is Pigs</B></I>.</B></I> (New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1906), 37 pages, green cloth boards with pictorial cover, 12mo (4.5" x 7"), no dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Will Crawford. Inscribed and signed "<I>Mrs. LB Aldrich 210 Clark Ave Billings Mont My dear Mrs. Aldrich - I am especially happy to be able to send you this copy of my first book, because you are a friend of my dear Daisy. Ellis Parker Butler Flushing NY Nov 1 / '18</B></I>" on the front free endpaper. <I>Pigs Is Pigs</B></I> is a delightful satire of bureaucracy and ignorance first published in <I>The American Magazine</B></I> in 1905, and later adapted into an Academy Award-winning animated short by Disney in 1954. The book is in very good condition, with some shelf wear present, and the binding a bit shaken, but virtually no flaws in the text.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)