ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden
Illustrated by Jean Primrose
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
in 1961
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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden.
Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
1st.
1961.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- The Legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion is well known: how the lion loved him and followed him about, how the lion was unjustly accused of having eaten the she-donkey entrusted to him, and how his innocence was proved in the end.