Ernestine Takes Over 1938 by Walter R. Brooks / Illustrations by Herbert Roese

$180.00

Title: Ernestine Takes Over
Author: Walter [R.] Brooks / Illustrations by Herbert Roese
Publication: New York: Triangle Books, 1938

Description: Early reprint (1938). Blue cloth boards stamped in black. Some soiling to cloth along top edge of boards; spine is blotchy. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages toned. Illustrated title on two leaves, plus 24 in-text illustrations by Herbert Roese. Dust jacket shows modest edgewear; panel edges and spine a bit grubby; in an archival mylar sleeve. 265 pages.

The only novel, a sophisticated comedy, to be authored by Walter R. Brooks (1886-1958), a popular author of children's books and the originator of both Freddy the Pig and Mister Ed. Ernestine Takes Over is ''a book for all husbands who day-dream and all wives who have husbands and wish they didn't...'' (front flap).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG-
Jacket Condition: VG-

Keywords: comedy, humor,

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