The Amazing Adventures of Peter Grunt, Gentleman Pig of Yatapalachee County, Florida: His Thrilling Adventures, His Daring Ideas, His Narrow Escapes. Illustrated by Leonard Shortall.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. First Edition. Royal octavo, orange illustrated cloth (hardcover), 121 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: When Peter Grunt, the cello-playing gentleman pig, gets that faraway look in his eyes, his friends know that adventure is in store. For it means he has had another idea -- and once Peter gets an idea in his head there is simply no stopping him. He leads Safely G. Vanderveld, the weak-willed sheep, Colonel Jack Blare, the retired Army mule, and his other animal sfriends into all sorts of escapades. Together they take part in a circus, have an automated dinner party, solve a musical mystery, and rid Yatapaloochee County of wolves. one of Peter’s best inventions is a jolly-copter, in which he takes all his friends for a wild ride that ends suddenly in the top of a very tall tree. Can the animals be saved from disaster? Their fate hangs on a very slender thread -- on the courage of Robert Treadwell Trot, a mouse of reduced circumstances who lives in Peter’s breadbox. Written with rare style and true wit, this book introduces a group of funny and endearing new characters who will be laughed at and loved by parents as well as children. (Inventory #: 5014bd)