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The Burgess Animal Book for Children First Edition

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The Burgess Animal Book for Children First Edition
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Offered in this lot we have a first edition of The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess. The book was published in 1928 with illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. The piece contains children's stories about animals such as Peter Rabbit, A fellow with a thousand spears, Old man Coyote and Howler the Wolf, and many more. The book was written by Thornton as both children's stories and to make them more contentious of nature. The book contains numerous illustrations both in black and white and color. The book shows good condition overall with some wear across the front of the cover. It measures 8" tall by 5 3/4" wide and 1 3/4" thick.