Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - IN THE RARE DUSTJACKET -[ill.] ALDIN (Cecil, English artist and illustrator, 1870-1935); [author] MORTON (J. B. [John Bingham], English humorous writer, 1893-1979).Who's Who is the Zoo.(London): Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. First edition. 173pp. Illustrated with four colour plates (including frontispiece) and numerous black and white illustrations after Aldin. Orange cloth with lettering to spine. In original printed dustjacket. Size: 4to (25cm x 19.5cm).Very Good condition overall, in Good only jacket. Some foxing, creasing and minor marking to dustjacket. Some strengthening to edges of the rear of jacket with transparent archival tape. A tear to top of jacket and to upper and lower edges of rear of jacket. Jacket rather age-toned, especially the spine. Internally, pages generally quite clean and bright. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A nicely preserved example of this humorous children's book on zoo animals by John Morton, with superb illustrations by Cecil Aldin. In the scarce (but rather foxed) dustjacket. key words:
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Language: English
Illustrator: Cecil Aldin
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: J. B. Morton
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1933
