The Elephant Boy - By Frances Flaherty & Ursula Leacock
first edition
1937 · London
by FLAHERTY, ROBERT, FRANCES FLAHERTY, & URSULA LEACOCK
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Publisher Dent’s own file copy. With a perforation stamp on the the title page stating FILE COPY. In the upper left hand corner of the front pastedown is the publisher’s label states FILE COPY, the price of 5 shillings, and the date of publication being August 19, 1937. With the publisher’s production number on the flyleaf Fine copy bound in decorated gray cloth with the original pictorial dust jacket which is very good with light chipping. The book issued to accompany the Robert Flaherty directed film starring Sabu as a small Indian boy and his elephant Irawatha. Co-written by Robert Flaherty’s wife. Well illustrated with black & white photographs. (Inventory #: 16329J)