Description

Blackie & Son Ltd, 1971. Soft cover, 16 pp. In good+ condition. Small square illustrated paper covers have light bumping creasing to edges and corners with a tiny bit of peeling to the corner tips. Light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight (staple bound). Previous owner's name in ink at top of title page. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Beautifully illustrated by Gareth Floyd. Based on a Russian Folktale, also known as the "The Gossipy Wife". This is a tale about a husband who finds some treasure in the forest. He knows that if he tells his wife, she will gossip to everyone in town and if his landlord finds out, he is sure to take the treasure for himself. So he comes up with a clever way to overcome his wife's gossiping problem.