First printing of this clever Cold War-era satire, following the chaos after the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States.
Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.
Price: $500.00
"[A]lthough the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment."
The permanently pre-industrial Duchy of Grand Fenwick, founded on the cultivation of a very particular kind of wine grape, was in a tight spot: their prized export was being outsold by a knockoff from California. The tiny aggrieved nation, therefore, decided to engage in the "one method of getting money from another nation that is recognized by tradition as honorable": they declare war on the United States. After a clerical error, an invasion, and a mix-up involving the most powerful bomb in the world (among other comedic shenanigans), the US is forced to reckon with its unexpected foe.
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED was adapted into a 1959 film starring Peter Sellers in the three main roles. While it underperformed in its native Britain, the movie was a surprising US hit, and is now a Cold War cult classic.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1955). 8'' x 5.25''. Original boards. Original unclipped ($3.50) color pictorial dust jacket designed by John Morris. 280 pages. Jacket with light edgewear, mild scuffing to rear; a bit of sunning to spine, with scattered foxing to margins of rear flap. Binding corners and spine ends a little bumped, a bit of shelfwear. Clean and tight.
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