Raggedy Animal Book, The by CADY, Harrison, illustrator; Ripley, Sherman

Chicago [&] New York: Rand McInally & Company, 1928. Fantastic and Realistic Animal Illustrations CADY, Harrison, illustrator. The Raggedy Animal Book. By Sherman Ripley. With illustrations by Harrison Cady.Chicago [&] New York: Rand McInally & Company, [1928]. First edition. Quarto (11 x 8 inches; 266 x 203 mm.). 96 pp. Eight full-page color illustrations (including illustration on front cover) and four half-page color illustrations, numerous black & white illustrations including several full-page. Publisher's green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in black and with the eighth color illustration pasted onto the front panel, pictorial endpapers printed in green and black. Original pictorial dust jacket with the same color illustration as on front panel of book. Minimal rubbing to extremities of dust jacket, otherwise near fine. Walter Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was an American illustrator and author, best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip which he wrote and drew for twenty-eight years. He had a long career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, as well as illustrating numerous children's books. Some of his most delightful drawings were in The Raggedy Animal Book which featured both fantastic and realistic animal illustrations.