The tale of a donkey / written and illustrated by Valenti Angelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Viking Press, publisher.

Vail-Ballou Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Juvenile fiction.

Animal welfare.

Donkeys--Juvenile fiction.

Donkeys.

Italy--Juvenile fiction.

Italy.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Private press books (Printing)

Case bindings (Binding)

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

110 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second printing.

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed in the U.S.A. by Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Viking Press, 1966.

Summary:

When Cherubino, a donkey who lives in Tuscany, is purchased by three tradesmen after his owner dies; they all overwork him in turn, but none of them want to feed him. After a series of suspenseful (and sometimes humorous) events, he is rescured by a kind family.

Notes:

"Second printing October 1966"--Verso of title leaf.

Issued in red publisher's cloth; illustration of donkey stamped in black on left board; title, author's surname and publisher's name stamped in black on spine; dust jacket.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

1390143014