first edition Wraps
1943 · London
by Crisp, Quentin. Drawings by Mervyn Peake
London: Nicholson & Watson, 1943. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Minus. Wonderful light verse satirizing bureaucratic red tape and bureaucratise by the "Naked Civil Servant" himself and inimitable Peake illustrations. The story is of a kangaroo thwarted in his application to join the zoo. 8vo. 21 by 13.5 cm. 29 pp. Wraps are foxed. Otherwise, mostly clean and a handsome copy.
(Inventory #: 004499)