Description

Hardcover, mustard colored cloth with pictorial upper cover decorated in green and brown, with lettering stamped in gold. Green end-papers. 304 pages. Illustrated with 24 full page drawings by Oliver Herford. First edition. Small, nearly invisible previous owner’s name on front free end-paper. Paper cracked on inner hinges, albeit hinges sound. Several very short marginal tears and old evidence of creases, now ironed out by time. Cloth cover age toned, especially on spine, which also shows old mottling, and showing general age soiling. Still a sound, tight copy with cover art bright. A tale of talking animals by the creator of Uncle Remus. Good. (Realms of Gold in Children’s Books p.214)