My Friend Mr Leakey.

Haldane (J.B.S.)

My Friend Mr Leakey.

Illustrated by L.H. Rosoman.

Description: FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and title-page design, with further full-page illustrations, all line-drawings by Leonard Rosoman, a few faint spots to half-title, pp. [vi], 179, crown 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver and gently faded (more pronouncedly so at head), tiny puncture at centre of lower joint, bottom corners gently bumped, edges and endpapers lightly spotted, dustjacket with a design by Rosoman, a little browned overall with some light spotting and marks to rear panel, some chipping and short closed tears, a section missing at head of backstrip panel (carrying around to rear panel), good

Publication Details: Cresset Press, 1937

Notes: The eminent scientist joins the category of 'professors at play', in the tradition of Lewis Carroll and Tolkien, in this foray into fantastical fiction for younger readers; it is a charming work, in which the titular friend, a magician, presides over madcap adventures.

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