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Rare and modern books

[World War Ii] Inkslinger

PAUL BUNYAN IN THE ARMY (as Told to Bethene Miller)

Binfords & Mort, 1942

71.50 €

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(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1942
Place of printing
Portland, OR.
Author
[World War Ii] Inkslinger
Publishers
Binfords & Mort

Description

First edition. With large, bold colour illustrations throughout by Tom O'Brian. 4to, publisher's original pictorially decorated white cloth with pictorial endpapers, and in the scarce original dustwrapper. Unpaginated. A fine copy, the white cloth as is typical has mellowed to ivory but the pictorial decoration is bright, slight discoloration along the top edge, the jacket in exceptional condition for being white paper, very fresh and clean and with virtually no wear.

Edizione: rare in such pleasing condition. paul bunyan, giant symbol of the american worker, is ready to help the war effort in this entertaining book. he, along with babe the blue ox, pecos bill, and some of his fellow loggers, can do things such as swamping an enemy fleet in the pacific and bombing germany with enormous redwood logs. and wait to see what his wife has cooked up for the red cross! during the second world war children's books such as this played an important role in maintaining good morale on the home front. john rogers inkslinger was the pseudonym thomas binford who wrote this tale while serving as a corporal in the united states army.