Our Friendly Animals and Whence They Came.
Chicago, New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, (1938) 1st or year of publication (titles); illustrated yellow boards top and bottom with domestic animals in colour and their wild ancestors in shadowy sienna in the background; brown cloth spine; white endpapers with domestic and wild animals in sienna; in jacket identical to boards with list of similar Donohue books on back flap; 12 full coloured single sided illustrations and drawings in text; 10 x 12"; 64 pp. Picture book hardback tall.
Liberally illustrated text for older children, with a chapter on each domestic animal and its forebearers.
CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; neat name on back of frontis; straight, tight, very clean, bottom edge rubbed to white and corners rubbed through; in clean, faded jacket with 1.5" tear on back, light creases on top edge, tiny corner chips , 1/4" chip to spine foot, still for such a large book almost no loss of paper and a nice appearance; very clean, crisp pages with a minor bend on a few corners; price on flap 1.50 AB Grading which we have not inflated over the years. Large book may require additional postage. Item #21989
Price: $45.00