Vintage 1925 Mother West Winds Animal Friends Hardback Book, by Thornton Burgess

Description: Vintage 1925 Mother West Winds Animal Friends Hardback Book, Written by Thornton Burgess, Illustrated by George Kerr, School Edition This listing is for a vintage 1925 Mother West Winds Animal Friends hardback book. It was written by Thornton Burgess and it was illustrated by George Kerr. According to Wikipedia "Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man, after his newspaper column Bedtime Stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column....Old Mother West Wind. Burgess used his outdoor observations of nature as plots for his stories. In Burgess first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), the reader meets many of the characters found in later books and stories. The characters in the Old Mother West Wind series include Peter Rabbit (known briefly as Peter Cottontail), Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Little Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Jerry Muskrat, Spotty the Turtle, Old Mother West Wind, and her Merry Little Breezes." This book has 159 pages. This book is in fair vintage condition, binding is tight, but there is some discoloration, wrinkles, a ripped page, water stains and foxing. This was originally a library book and still has evidence of that. Book is 7" high, 5" wide and 7/8" thick. Please look closely at the pictures as they ARE the description! As always, feel free to contact me for more information.

Price: 17 USD

Location: Abington, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-10-02T02:13:33.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD