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14 Dec. 2011
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Title
Big Beasts and Little Beasts.
Authors
Andre Hellé
Description
First U.S. Edition . Oblong 12mo, about 7.25 inches (18.5 cm) wide,
5.25 inches (13.5 cm) tall, in brown cloth with cover pastedown, a tiger in
color. 80 pages with full page color illustrations of 20 animals followed
by a leaf (two pages) with text about the animal. An uncommon example of
the French illustrator's work in an English language book. Published in
France as "Grosses Betes & Petites Betes&qu ot;, that version has some black and
white drawings and references to Noah's Arc that this one does not. A
wonderful array of Art Deco images grace this small but lovely book. Clean,
sound and bright inside and out with barely a hint of extremity wear.
Hardcover. Near Fine
5.25 inches (13.5 cm) tall, in brown cloth with cover pastedown, a tiger in
color. 80 pages with full page color illustrations of 20 animals followed
by a leaf (two pages) with text about the animal. An uncommon example of
the French illustrator's work in an English language book. Published in
France as "Grosses Betes & Petites Betes&qu ot;, that version has some black and
white drawings and references to Noah's Arc that this one does not. A
wonderful array of Art Deco images grace this small but lovely book. Clean,
sound and bright inside and out with barely a hint of extremity wear.
Hardcover. Near Fine
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes
Date of publication:
1924
First edition:
yes
Date of theft:
Between October 15 and December 13, 2011
Date of theft report: