Patch Virgil (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Virgil Patch (illustrator) (illustrator). Ex-library copy with usual markings and sturdy library binding. Covers have heavy wear and soil. Corners and ends of spine heavily bumped and rubbed. Binding tight. No page numbers. Emile is a piccolo player who is writing a symphony. But he is having trouble writing it because of Ludwig, the dog is snoring. Then Emile realizes Ludwig is snoring a symphony and writes it down. The symphony is a big hit, Ludwig keeps snoring in his sleep and Emile keeps writing down the music. When he is working on his ninth symphony, Ludwig is so agitated he can can't sleep and Emile can't write down the symphony. Finally, the day arrives for the performance and Ludwig goes to the concert hall to confess the ninth symphony is unfinished, falls asleep on stage and snores the music. The story is illustrated with black and white and color pictures. The book is bound in a sturdy library binding. Size: 8.5 x 11.

First Edition (Stated). Hardcover. (Pictorial boards with wear top of spine) 4to. 127pp. Tight. Name inside front cover. D/J worn along top edge with chipping most extremities, more severe top and bottom of spine panel, still, V. Good in Good only, (unclipped $2,00) D/J in jacket protector.(Not all, but many of these cartoons have a military aspect.).