The Little White Hen and the Emperor of France (Henne Blanche Soldat des Kaisers).
/GT, illustrator.
Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1976/1973 1st printing Am, printed and first published in Belgium; pictorial cloth boards with picture of the soldier and his hen trudging along in the rain on the front, on the back the hen is taken away on a string, by the Army; 22.5x28 cm; 27 pp. (margins are cut too close in this printing).
Picture Book Hardcover.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus in Fine jacket; sl rubs to extrems, 1/16" slant, otherwise very nice in perfect jacket.
$45.00
$45.00
Control Number:
17217 The little hen is drafted into a war between the Emperor of France and the Tzar, so she and her friend the farmer set out to carry one cannon ball to Russia. A funny story, told in cartoon frames, about the futility of war.