Mortimer, Charles.

Some Queer Animals [Illustrated Poems].

First Edition. London, Guildford Press, 1947. Octavo (17 cm wide x 21 cm high). 48 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout in coloured Lithographs. Original, illustrated Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare dustjacket with some staining but overall very good.

Illustrations / Lithographs and juxtaposed Poems included in this wonderful Volume are for the following Animals:

Kinkajou
Chameleon [Chamaeleon]
Slow Loris
Llama
Hornbill
Water Buffalo
The Bandicoot
Naia Naia [The Cobra]
Flying Phalanger
Koala
Polar Bear
Indian Bull
Little Seal
Black Buck
Okapi
Tapir
Pipa Americana

Tail Piece:

″I think by now it’s pretty clear
Most Animals are somehow queer,
But Gluttons, Grunts, the Wanderoo
Are beasts we haven’t time to do,
And though you’d like the Pangolin
There isn’t room to put him in.
The Dugong, too, is queer. And then
The queerest things of all are Men !
They’d need two books, or even three
To show how odd they like to be.

But if you like you can explore
And find queer animals galore
Living in books and in the seas,
in Railway Trains and up in Trees
There may be Geckos on your wall,
Or Aard-varks brooding in the Hall
Look under beds and under mats
And on and under Ladies’ hats;
Perhaps when you expect it least
You’ll find a Darling Hartebeest”

• Keywords: Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Illustrated Books · Illustrated Books Rare · Illustrated Children’s Books · Poetry – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32500AB

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