THE BEST BIRTHDAY by Hawkins, Quail; Antonio Sotomayor, illustrator.

THE BEST BIRTHDAY by Hawkins, Quail; Antonio Sotomayor, illustrator. < >

THE BEST BIRTHDAY

Edition: First edition.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dick feels very sorry for himself when he wakes up to find his on Christmas morning and finds his parents have gone to the hospital, so he decides to take his guinea pig Annabella and go live with his grandmother - a trip that involves taking a ferry across San Francisco Bay in a storm, and his first cable car ride by himself. Illustrated with duotone drawings by Antonio Sotomayor. 64 pp.

Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (gift inscription dated Christmas 1954, mostly price-clipped, some edgewear and minor chipping to dj)

Book ID: 85356
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