James Riddell — Animal Lore and Disorder

London, Riddle Books LTD, [1947]. Hardback. An entertaining work for children, a mix and match volume of twenty five animals, allowing the reader to create their own mythical creatures. An entertaining book for children, containing a total of twenty five animals, to mix and match colourful illustrations of animals, to create new creatures, a total of two-hundred combinations.Each leaf of illustration is cut in half horizontally along the midsection of each animal, allowing the reader to mix and match the top and bottom halves of different animals, creating new entertaining animals and creatures.Animals to create include a torgeroo, limel, cohund, cophant, hoaffe, liw, and more.Each animal is accompanied with a poem describing the animal and their habits.By James Riddell, a champion skier who was active during the early days of skiing being a competitive sport and holiday industry.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's paper covered boards, with fly leaves. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing and a small amount of loss to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. A small amount of loss to the head of the rear board. Hinges are reinforced. Bookplate to the front fly leaf. Prior owner's pencil to the reverse of the flyleaves. Rear flyleaf is working loose. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light spots and handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: James Riddell. Very Good .