Description
Very Good dust jacket, a mylar jacket has been added, a wrap around illustration with family and a poodle on front and building on back, red and black lettering. Some chipping at corners, price clipped. Very Good+ condition binding is rust colored cloth over boards, black lettering on spine. Inside front cover shows aging. Black-and-white illustrations within. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8.5″ tall x 5.8″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
Uncle Charlie wasn’t Chick’s real uncle, but he was just like part of the family-which is not to say he was run-of-the-mill. Charlie worked for Chick’s father until World War I, when Charlie went off to fight. When he came back, he made a fortune in land investment and married an ex-chorus girl named Sunday. Sunday was great, but it was Charlie’s black standard poodle, Hans Chick loved the most. With his corded coat, long tail, and sturdy build, Hans was, well-like no poodle you’d ever see today.
If Hans was a ham on occasion, in the field you might consider it thoroughness. He could retrieve a bird you shot at and missed, by diving into the brush and chasing it, sometimes for hours.
Whether in Newport, Rhode Island, at Charlie’s brownstone on Fifth Avenue, hunting pigeons on New York City rooftops, or at home in New Britain, Connecticut, Chick’s wacky adventures with Charlie, Sunday, and Hans make a warm and appealing remembrance of boyhood in the twenties.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
KURT UNKELBACH, noted authority in the canine field, is the author of many successful books about dogs, including How to Bring Up Your Pet Dog and How to Make Money in Dogs. In addition, he is contributing editor for Dogs magazine and writes about pets for American Home.
Mr. Unkelbach and his wife Evie are leading breeders of Labrador Retrievers. They live with their daughters on top of a Connecticut mountain, where their friends include deer, beaver, fox, and raccoons-and, of course, many dogs.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
HEIDI PALMER, who was born in Geneva, Switzerland. received her Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute. Her work has appeared in trade books and magazines, and she has illustrated several children’s books.
Miss Palmer lives in O1d Greenwich Connecticut, where her pleasures include her vegetable garden, raising flowers, long walks with her dog, and collecting just about everything.
