Thorne, Diana. Peter the Goat; Written and Drawn by Diana Thorne. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1940. First Edition. [6377]
Oblong, black cloth spine with red & black paper over boards, binding bright with strong color, 9 x 8 1/4 inches, a few pin-prick sized holes in the cloth. 48 unnumbered pp. 3 pp. with crayon coloring, rest clean. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor shelf-wear, one hole at front bottom edge made by a hole-puncher. Good in good dust-jacket. Hardcover.
The peace-loving Peter the Goat learns the hard way that peace must be fought for. He is ridiculed in his own barnyard, and sets off on a journey where he learns that peace can be achieved, but only through using his head in a different way than merely thinking. He returns home where he is then respected.
A scarce title.
Diana Thorne (1895-1963), b. Odessa, Russia; d. New York City. She was the author-illustrator of more than forty book and illustrator of some fifty more. She was known for her ability to illustrate animals, dogs in particular, and exhibited a deep understanding of her subjects and was adept at portraying them in motion.
