TIGER FLOWER by Vavra, Robert ; Yehudi Menuhin (Preface) ; Fleur Cowles (illustrator) - 1969

New York: Reynal And Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 48 pages; New York: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition; First Printing. 48 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of yellow marbled boards with wide white cloth spine in original very good dustjacket (price-clipped) . Text by Robert Vavra; beautiful full colour illustrations from paintings by Fleur Cowles; preface by Yehudi Menuhin. "This is a magic book -- to see, to read, to experience. It tells the enchanting tale of Tiger Flower, King of the Grass, who lives 'where everything that should be small, is big, and everything that should be big, is small. ' It is a book that recognizes no age, no time, no limits but those of the imagination. Call it an adult fantasy, a children's story, an allegory of peace -- call it anything, it remains what it is: one of the most beautiful and wonderful books ever produced.… Read More