The Tale of the Long Eared Bat

Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1929. 8vo, unpaginated, bound in publisher's 1/4 cloth over patterned boards reproducing dust jacket art. First edition, first printing of this charming children's book about a mischievous bat with four color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. Rubbing and minor chipping to lower board edges; offsetting to endpapers, with a few faint smudges to title page and to margins of a few pages throughout; a few small faint stains internally, but a clean sharp copy otherwise in a VG example of the rare jacket, with a chip to upper front spine joint and to top corner; minor chipping to spine tips, with a 2" square closed tear to upper edge of rear panel, otherwise a nice example overall of an uncommon children's book. Scarce in jacket.