Flying Nun by Rios, Tere - 1965

Appears as unread, unopened copy in like DJ. You can feel the tightness of new..
Illustrated by Arthur King --- Formerly published as "The Fifteenth Pelican" -- A story of a tiny American nun who is sent to minister in Peurto Rico. "The Incredible Adventures of a Nun Who Discovers She Can Fly".
"Take a tiny American nun named Sister Bertrille who wears a gigantic wing-shaped hat. Then send her to Puerto Rico, where the winds come rushing down from the mountains at an amazing velocity. Use just a little imagination, throw in a grain of Attic salt- and you have a nun who can fly." (from the jacket blurb) The first edition of the book that the TV series The Flying Nun staring Sally Fields was based upon.
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition with this title, formerly published as *The Fifteenth Pelican*. Fine in a lightly age-toned, about fine dustwrapper with a couple of very short tears. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "Dear Birdie: Forgot to tell you! Love Tere." Basis for the popular television series starring Sally Field. Only the second signed copy we've seen.