Books

(Lawson, Robert) illustrator. POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS by C. S. Forester; illustrated by Robert Lawson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942, (1942). STATED FIRST EDITION; first printing (August 1942). 8vo - 6-5/8" x 8-7/16". Green cloth covered boards with dark green lettering and decoration to upper cover and dark green lettering to spine for an as new copy of the book. Color pictorial priced ($1.75) dust wrapper with minor toning to the back panel for what is a really lovely example of the wrapper. Color pictorial endpapers by Lawson. 142, [1] pp. The story of a boy whose life becomes exciting when he adopts a dragon; he then adopts two more. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Lawson, both full page and within text. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust wrapper is NEAR FINE. A brilliant copy.

In 'Poo-Poo and the Dragons,' C.S. Forester deviates from his usual genre of naval and military fiction to craft a charming story for children. The book tells of a father who, in trying to entertain his sick son, spins a fantastical tale of Poo-Poo and his adventures with dragons.