Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. A German story retold by Erich Kastner and translated by Richard & Clara Winston. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout by Horst Lemke. Story of a little town called Schilda and the people who lived there- who did everything wrong. They built a three cornered town hall, burned down a house to catch a mouse, etc. They are the SIMPLETONS!! No dust jacket, clean copy.
