ERIC'S BOOK OF BEASTS (SIGNED); DONE IN WATER-COLORS AND ACCOMPANIED WITH APPROPRIATE JINGLES BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, INTERPRETED IN BLACK AND WHITE BY SHIMADA SEKKO

Jordan, David Starr

Published by Paul Elder and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1912

About this Item

Brown, paper-covered boards (6 1/2 in. x 8 in.), with maroon lettering to front, with a pastedown vertical paper ribbon (2 in. x 8 in.) , ruled in maroon, featuring four of Eric's "beasts". Evidence of some minor and careful conservator's touch-up near spine. Printed at the Tomoye Press. John Swart designed the typepage, and Jean Oliver helped with the Decorations. Lightly bumped/worn corners, but book very tightly bound. "These cartoons were made one by one in moments of leisure to please a small boy. They are now reprinted in the hope of pleasing other small boys and girls. They were originally in color, but for the present purpose they have been made over in black and white by a Japanese artist, who has given them life by occasional quaint touches. of his own.

Seller Inventory # 86699

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ERIC'S BOOK OF BEASTS (SIGNED); DONE IN WATER-COLORS AND ACCOMPANIED WITH APPROPRIATE JINGLES BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, INTERPRETED IN BLACK AND WHITE BY SHIMADA SEKKO
• Publisher: Paul Elder and Company, San Francisco, CA
• Publication Date: 1912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: David Starr Jordan and Shimada Sekko
• Edition: FIRST EDITION (NAP).
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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