TRYING TOBY & THE PUNCH & JUDY SHOW
Washington Square - Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1925. Jack Orr. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #002035
(ca. 1925) 1st American edition. (UK edition by George G. Harrap & Co.) A Good to Very Good copy. Oblong 8vo., (32)pp., illustrated throughout. Cloth backed white paper over boards. Moderate soiling to the boards. Fore-edge of boards rubbed thru in spots. Very light foxing to the blank end papers. A Good to Very Good copy of this scarce children's book. OCLC locates just 4 copies from this american publisher.*** An unusual Punch and Judy item told from the standpoint of a young terrier. A live dog often sat along side the performance of the show. This dog is traditionally called Toby, and was trained to fight with, and attack the puppet, Punch. ***.
Price: $200.00