Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley. Little, Brown and Company. Boston, Massachusetts (1955). 280 pages. . Copyright listed as 1955 with no statement of later printing. Usually Little Brown states "first edition". This may be an exception. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chipping, rubbing and bumping on the edges. Some staining to the edges. Not price-clipped. Original price $3.50. Now protected in mylar dj cover. BOOK: Tan colored spine with green paper colored boards. Light cover edge wear. Dust spoiling to the top of the page block. A light staining on the front and back end papers, with some bleeding to the very edge of the page inside the back end paper. A pin-point sized stain on the leading edge of the page block. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK02a
In 1956, the country of Gran Fenwick, population 6000 citizens declares open war on the United States of America. Gran Fenwick's invasion army of twenty-odd archers defeats the super power. The basis of the 1959 movie of the same name starring Peter Sellers.