Creatures by Padraic Colum with drawings by Boris Artzybasheff.

Colum, Padraic (1881-1972) & Boris Artzybasheff (Artist & Illustrator; 1899-1965).

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York. Printed in the United States of America by J. J. Little & Ives; Number 105 of 300 numbered copies, signed by Colum & Artzybasheff., 1927

About this Item

6 1/2 inches x 9 1/2 in., signed limitation page; half-title with design; title-pageswith designs; dedication page; contents. 56 pp. + final illustrated pages [57 + 58]. Ten full-page Artzybasheff illustrations in black on white, and other decorations. Black cloth spine and sides, with titling in silver on the spine, silver paper over boards, top-edge stained black, decorated, black & white endpapers with Artzybasheff designs. In a broken publisher's slipcase, with the numbered, printed label on the side (the slipcase is lacking the top-edge, with early brown tape repairs present, general wear. Book spine show light rubbing, fading. Twenty-eight poems, creatures include: Jackdaw, crows, otters, pigeons, swallow, crane, fox, monkeys, bison, snake, macaws, Bird of Paradise, Quetzal-bird, condors, plovers; "Hunting Scenes": Minoan, Celtic, Indian.

Seller Inventory # F-163

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creatures by Padraic Colum with drawings by Boris Artzybasheff.
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York. Printed in the United States of America by J. J. Little & Ives; Number 105 of 300 numbered copies, signed by Colum & Artzybasheff.
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)