Tuck: The Story of a Snow-Hare. Illustrated by Grace Huxtable.
New York
by Fluckinger, Alfred. [Fyleman, Rose; Translator].
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., n.d. Octavo, yellow cloth, 154 pp. Near-Fine, with slight foxing (age darkening); in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear. “A small, wild creature, born high in the Swiss Alps, begins as soon as his legs will carry him to get acquainted with the shining world around him. Here everything is vividly alive -- the bright, sweet flowers, the boisterous wind, the wild glacial stream. Tuck romps with them joyously through the sunny days and warm, starry nights of his first summer...Growing up and discovering the world about are naturally subjeccts of engrossing interest to every child. Tuck’s world will delight them, and his courage and independence and freedom will make many friends for him among young readers. His story will take them into new places where nature is dramatically grand and beautiful...” (Inventory #: 50197s)