By Lang, Andrew
Illustrated by H.J. Ford

New York, London & Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1904, 4th Printing. 12mo – 18.8 cm., pp. (4), [xiv], 400 – publisher’s advertisement page bound in at front, frontpiece with tissue guard. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with bright gilt decorative cover featuring a male lion roaring at the moon, spine with bright gilt titles and gilt illustration of a dancing bear. 66 fine woodcut illustrations accompanying each story including frontpiece and title page. All page edges bright gilt; paper used has a pleasing acoustic quality. No prior ownership markings, no foxing or tears. An unusually well preserved copy in Near Fine condition.

This is a very attractive book with an abundance of lovely illustrations and containing 65 stories about different animals. Some of the stories are: Saï the Panther, The Buzzard and the Priest, A Rat Tale, The Dog of Montargis, The War Horse of Alexander, Stories about Bears, Stories about Ants, The Taming of the Otter, Monsieur Dumas and his Beasts, Two Highland Dogs, The Story of Fido, Beasts Besieged, The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins, The Ship of the Desert, Gazelle, Cockatoo Stories, Stories about Lions, Lions and their Ways, Signora and Lori, The Fierce Falcon, Eagles’ Nest, The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree, A Strange Tiger, and more…

$150.00 - S O L D