Lot #106: Vintage 1927 Book -- "The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack" by Thornton W. Burgess

Olive Cloth, Red and Black Pictorial Cover. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. 119 pp. "The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack" is a classic children’s animal story by the celebrated naturalist Thornton W. Burgess, the seventeenth volume in his popular Bedtime Story-Books series. The narrative follows Poor Mrs. Quack, a mallard duck who has lost her mate to "the man with the terrible gun" and seeks refuge in the Smiling Pool, where she is protected and comforted by Jerry Muskrat, Peter Rabbit, and other inhabitants of the Green Meadows. Burgess used this story to instill a sense of conservation and empathy in young readers, highlighting the plight of migratory birds during hunting season. Features six full-page line drawings by the renowned illustrator Harrison Cady, whose whimsical style became synonymous with the Burgess universe. (100 years old!) Dimensions: 16 cm Pickup category timeslot {A}