The Adventures of Bobby Coon by Thornton W. Burgess - 1957

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. hardcover. good/very Good. Harrison Cady. Vintage book. Good book in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, with tiny chips and closed tears at flap folds and the ends of the spine; now in new removable protective cover. Brown tweed boards with black print and illustration on the front and spine. Illustrated end papers with characters from story; gift inscription on the front paste down dated 1957. Pages are clean and unmarked, with small red smudge on bottom edge of closed pages. 14 full page illustrations and 16 spot illustrations by Harrison Cady. Grosset and Dunlap hard cover, 1946 edition but probably 1957 printing, 188 pages. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. 12mo (5"" x 7.5"") Originally published 1918 by Little, Brown. 17th in the Bedtime Story-Books series. Poor Bobby Coon! He is having the worst dream ever! There's this terrible thumping noise, and his whole house is shaking. But wait, he isn't dreaming! What's happening? Children will love hearing, and reading, about Bobby Coon and how he ends up living in Farmer Brown's Barn all winter. Then, Farmer Brown's boy takes him to the Green Forest and Bobby is the happiest coon ever, but he has to find a new home and it seems everyone is trying to prevent him from getting a good night's sleep.