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1929 American Animals
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Description
A signed first edition of this playful work, published in 1929.
Author's name inscribed on the half title page in ink.
With ten colour plates and numerous monochrome illustrations throughout the text by the author. Collated complete.
This copy includes a contemporary printed list of reviews.
Written by the David Newell, this work is a collection of verses on various American wild animals for children. David Newell was an American journalist, novelist and children's writer perhaps most famous for his books regarding early twentieth-century rural life in West Central Florida.
Condition
In the publisher's original pebbled cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, very smart and bright. One small tear to cloth on front joint. Faint sunning to spine. Minor bumping to head of spine. Pictorial end papers in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Closed tear, approximately 2 inches, to page 21.
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