first edition
1949 · Garden City, N.Y.
by Manfred, Frederick [a.k.a. Feike Feikema]
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co, 1949. First edition, 8vo, generlly fine copies in almost fine dust jackets. Each book is warmly inscribed to Manfred's editor at the Webb Publishing Co. in St. Paul, Paul Hillestad, where his first two books were published. The Giant also has a typed copy of a letter from Manfred to the Library of Congress about his real name (Frederick Feikema Manfred) and his pen name (Feike Feikema) and the pronunciation thereof. Mulder & Timmerman A5, A6, and A7. (Inventory #: 48591)