PETER & DONNA THOMAS
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062 (831)
475-1455
The Sportsman and the Squirrel (2009). 2 1/8 x 1 ¾ inches. (The clamshell box measures 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches). The text is a fable by Ambrose Bierce. Two similar but unique copies.
This book has a fable written in 1899 by San Francisco journalist Ambrose Bierce. The fable is written in the style of Aesop, but has a non-Aesop twist. There are 4 watercolor illustrations, two of squirrels. The book is full bound in brown goatskin and the cover features an inset panel with squirrel fur that Donna tanned herself.