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Seller's Description:
Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar, Straus and Company, New York, 1949. X, 216 pgs. Signed by David Stern on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards lightly scuffed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Second Lieutenant Peter Stirling repeatedly finds himself in a mental hospital after he tries to explain to his unbelieving superior officers that a talking animal rescued him from behind enemy lines. When his four-legged friend appears with plans of heroic action, the U. S. Army faces one of its biggest-and most stubborn-challenges. David Stern III (September 2, 1909 – November 22, 2003), also known as David J. Stern was an American prose fiction writer and scriptwriter, sometimes under the name Peter Stirling—that of the human lead opposite his most famous character, Francis the Talking Mule. He was the publisher of a New Orleans newspaper for a time, and was the son of a much more prominent newspaper publisher, J. David Stern. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 216 pages.
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Better than very good, in a jacket with some sunning and a few tiny chips. x, 216 pp. Illustrated by Garrett Price. 8vo, Inscribed, with best wishes, on the front free endpaper by "Francis and David Stern" and, "me too, Donald O'Connor." Donald O'Connor played Peter Stirling in the very succesful film adaptation, "Francis the Talking Mule" (1949), which spawned six sequels.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Farrar, Straus and Company, New York, 1949. X, 216 pgs. Signed by David Stern on the FFEP. First Edition/FIrst Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is lightly chipped and worn to the spine ends). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Second Lieutenant Peter Stirling (O'Connor) repeatedly finds himself in a mental hospital after he tries to explain to his unbelieving superior officers that a talking animal rescued him from behind enemy lines. When his four-legged friend appears with plans of heroic action, the U. S. Army faces one of its biggest-and most stubborn-challenges. David Stern III (September 2, 1909 – November 22, 2003), also known as David J. Stern was an American prose fiction writer and scriptwriter, sometimes under the name Peter Stirling—that of the human lead opposite his most famous character, Francis the Talking Mule. He was the publisher of a New Orleans newspaper for a time, and was the son of a much more prominent newspaper publisher, J. David Stern. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 216 pages.
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Seller's Description:
Near fine in a jacket with a few small chips, a tanned spine, and some light edge wear. 216 pp. Illustrated by Garrett Price. 8vo, Inscribed by "Francis and David Stern" on the front free endpaper, beneath which appears "Me too / Donald O'Connor."
