Eric's Book of Beasts: done in watercolours and accompanied with appropriate jingles, interpreted in black and white by Shimada Sekko.
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1912, 1st printing trade edition; red cloth spine, cream paper boards outlined in dull red of title; cream eps, pages outlined in same red, 6 5/8 x 8" boards; 114 pp. Juvenile hardback.
"The Lion looks like Santa Claus,/I think that this should give him paws./When he on Lionizing's bent,/He always looks benevolent." Amusements by a famous naturalist and early president of Stanford.
CONDITION: Very Good without jacket; house signature, bottom of spine faded for half inch (old jacket chip?); very clean, bright boards. Item #16150
Price: $45.00
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