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Words, beasts & fishes / by Marmaduke Dixey ; illustrated by Clifford Webb

Marmaduke Dixey

RA Collection: Book

Record number

19/3322

Author

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936

Physical Description

97 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. (hbk).

General Note

"First published in October Mcmxxxvi by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London, W.C.1. Printed in Great Britain by R. MacLehose and Company Limited. The University Press Glasgow.” [Colophon]

Contents

The Pole Cat’s problem -- Plus ça change … -- The sturgeon's prayer -- Church parade -- Mothercraft -- The swallow, the robin and the owl -- Poet and pheasant -- Slum clearance -- Philosophy off the peg -- Who gave you that cold? -- The pelican and the wilderness -- The dab and the rabbit -- The ant and the sloth -- Decadence -- Shipmates -- ‘Ware wolves -- Our betters

Binding Note

Original teal cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. In original, illustrated dust-jacket.

Subject

Illustrated books
Children's stories

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