Unexpected Treasures. Illustrated by John Pimlott.
signed first edition
[1968] · New York
by Fantel, Hans and Buyukmihci, Hope Sawyer. [Pimlott, John; Illus.].
New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., [1968]. First Printing, As Stated. Signed by Hope Sawyer Buyukmihci. Octavo, green cloth & gold boards (hardcover), 190 pp. Very Good+, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers, several small spots along top foredge, in a like dust jacket with light edgewear and foxing. “Hope Sawyer Buyukmihci lives with her husband and children on her own 250 acre wildlife refuge in southern New Jersey. There, on land abounding in beaver, grouse, quail, duck, deer and many other varieties of animal life, this remarkable woman has fulfilled a dream that began in childhood -- a dream of establishing a sanctuary where wildlife of all kinds would be free and secure...Unexpected Treasure is the heart-warming story of the Buyukmihcis -- Hope, Cavit, and their three children -- and the animal friends who fill their lives.” (Inventory #: 70497s)