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
by Jordan, David Starr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1912. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. David Starr Jordan and Shimada Sekko. 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.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86699
- 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
- Author
- Jordan, David Starr
- Illustrator
- David Starr Jordan and Shimada Sekko
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION (NAP)
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Cartoons
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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