Description
Very Good+ dust jacket has minor wear at spine ends. The Near Fine binding is rust cloth over boards with illustration of boy in black in lower right corner. Decorated end papers. Color illustrations by Chuck Gruen. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 10.2″ tall x .9″ wide.
Stated: “First Printing”
About the book (from the dust jacket)
LITTLE CHIEF MISCHIEF is the engaging tale of a naughty little boy with magical powers-a little boy who has problems with his parents, especially his mother. Many years ago, when the earth was very young, there was a beautiful tropical island in the Pacific where all the Menehune lived.
The Menehune (Menna-hooney) are the “little people” of Hawaii-and this is the story of Little Chief Mischief, the littlest of them all.
His father was a big chief-ruler of all the seas.
His mother was a chieftess-ruler of all the fire.
He was a little chief – called Mischief.
Mischief was the master painter of all the fish that lived in the bright blue seas of all the world. It was an honor to be the master painter, but although he was a good master painter that wasn’t enough for Mischief!
About the author (from the dust jacket)
Born in England, NIGEL C. S SALTER-MATHIESON graduated from Harrow. On arrival in America he attended the United States Military Academy and subsequently worked as a reporter for the Honolulu Star Bulletin, He is currently the New York news editor for a national publication.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
Illustrator CHUCK GRUEN is perhaps best known as the creator of Editions Limited greeting cards. For many years the prize-winning Art Director of Nieman-Marcus in Dallas, he now lives in midtown Manhattan with his daughter, Elizabeth, and their two cats.
