Boston: Little, Brown & Company. VG/G+ 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. Bound in tan cloth with dark green lettering, this delightful little book is straight, clean and tight. The spine is sunned and there is wear on the upper edges. Endpapers are illustrated with pictures of all kinds of critters that can be encountered in the country (skunks, beetles, etc.). Pages are a little darkened from age, but clean and completely free of marks or tears. The dust jacket is price intact. It is worn on all edges, chipped and sunned, but still delightfully illustrated on the front & back panels. 'Being sundry remarks and observations concerning the joys, perils and vexations of rustic residence, together with certain suggestions of a cautionary nature for the enlightenment & guidance of the inexperienced'. All put together in an A to Z format (Airplanes to Zany.) A neat book!! ; B/W Illustrations; 8 1/2" x 6 1/2"; 66 pages .