The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1963, 1st printing American; red cloth boards with stamped guinea-pig on board, gilt tiles on spine; black and red guinea-pig watercolour on ffep; tan jacket with Cecile and Jean-Pierre surrounded by red hearts; 7 full page coloured illustrations and many pink and black paintings in text; 7.3x10.5"; 44 pp. Juvenile hardback.
Gallico's first book for children, followed by several others about Jean-Pierre and his close bond to Cecile.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus in Very Good clipped jacket; 1976 birthday gift inscription front endpaper; as often with this book, the pages feel a bit stiff with a few margin stains; in clipped jacket with faded spine, very light soil to back and front corner; damage to spine top 1/4" Item #17727
$85