Lucy and Leander Lamb.
New York: John Martin's Book House, (1924) probable 1st and only printing; pink, dark blue green and blue grey calico cloth boards, pasted on label in teal with white borders, yellow border; teal endpapers with design of lambs and little items from the story specific to this book; """This book belongs to page (blank), Away We Go, a Foreword to all Lambkins", frontis, decorated title page, followed by 81 pages of story, each page with a black and white illustration with the rhyming text below, then "Here come some painting pages blue, Our little lambs have made for you..." and 16 blue colouring book pages with instructions in verse"; 4x5.4" Small hardback.
A rollicking, wildly imaginative adventure of a brother and sister lamb, with nice little pictures and a coloring section bound in. I can find no similar book by this illustrator or publisher. Unique.
CONDITION: Good Plus; no owner names, 3 of the colouring book pages have some crayoned figures and a numbering attempt by a young child, text pages clean, cloth slightly faded, spine darkened with one spot, but not frayed, a bit slanted, 2 pale small spots on text pages. Item #21459
Price: $50.00