T. H. White — The Elephant and the Knagaroo

London, Jonathan Cape , 1948. First edition. Cloth. First edition of T. H. White's beautiful fantasy novel, enclosed in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this fantasy novel by T. H. White. Following the adventures, both physical and spiritual, of an eccentric English writer who is visited by an archangel to warn him of the imminence of another flood; the people of Burkestown decide to build an ark. Featuring illustrations in text by the author. With its dust wrapper featuring clippings to flyleaves, pricing present. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper excellent with minor shelf wear, sunned to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: T. H. White. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.