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Lot 325
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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[POETRY]. CULLEN, Countee (1903-1946). SEBREE, Charles (1914-1985), illustrator. The Lost Zoo: The Animals That Missed the Ark. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940.
8vo. With color frontispiece, endpapers, and plates by Sebree. (Minor toning.) Original yellow cloth; illustrated unclipped dust jacket (short marginal tears).
FIRST EDITION of Cullen's animal-themed poetry collection for children, with co-authorship charmingly attributed to his feline friend Christopher Cat.