Les Amis a Quatre Pattes [Four-Legged Friends]

(Capendu, A.) publisher. LES AMIS A QUATRE PATTES [FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS] by Mme. Marie de Grandmaison. Paris: A. Capendu, circa 1916. 4to - 10-9/16" x 7-3/4". Maroon cloth backed color pictorial glazed paper covered boards with very minor touches of edge wear and light wear at the corners, two light creases and a small scrape to front cover, and a scratch and light soiling to back cover for what is a very nice copy of the book. Plain endpapers with gift inscription dated Easter 1916 on FFEP; FFEP frayed along fore edge. [10] pp. The book contains five different stories, each about one or more anthropomorphic animals, including one about a polo playing giraffe, not something one encounters on a daily basis; illustrated with brown and white drawings within text throughout; additionally illustrated with four chromolithographed pull-tab activated movable plates which are all still in perfect working order; one plate with a short closed tear that has been repaired with a small piece of paper tape; upper hinge tender; inside back wrapper with "Borms-Koop: [Child & Paper Collection]" stamp. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. No copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000887