Caesar : the life story of a panda leopard ; Hussein : an entertainment [complete in 2 volumes]

O'Brian, Patrick (1914-2000)

1999, 1st Edition in this form. Boston Spa : British Library. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked quarter leather backed pictorial boards. In an equally fine maroon cloth slipcase. Limited edition of 250 copies SIGNED by the author - This copy is no. 205. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description: 2 v. ; 22 cm. Contents: Caesar - Originally published: Great Britain : Putnam, 1930 ; Hussein - Originally published: Oxford: OUP, 1938. Summary: These two novels were originally published when O'Brian was very young. In his foreword the author provides some interesting background to these two pieces of juvenilia. Subjects: Asiatic elephant - Leopard - India - Fiction - Juvenile literature. The covers were designed by Small Wonder Design featuring Indian minatures from the Richard Johnson Collection held by the British Library. Title pages within decorative borders with vignettes. Item #193639

Price: €395.00