Agg (Howard) and Cecile Adair. Meetoo and the Little Creatures.
£95
The Story of an Adventure
London, Harrap, 1941.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
Lovely illustrations and jacket artwork complement and enhance this cute book for children, about animals who save themselves from a flooding river by sailing off in a top hat.
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription to title; a very good; jacket a little rubbed, but bright and clean.
Colour plates and line illustrations by Gertrude Mittelmann.
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