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WEDGEWOOD, Henry Allen & RAVERAT, Gwen. The Bird Talisman. London, Faber and Faber, 1939.
FIRST EDITION THUS (240 x 150 mm) pp. 70 with frontispiece and 7 full color, full page illustrations embellishing the text. DJ price clipped but otherwise in GOOD condition, some scuffing and staining to corners; purple and black cover; internally FINE.
A tale written by Harry Wedgewood and beloved, and privately cherished, by the Wedgewood and Darwin families, until it was unveiled. The illustrator notes that "the author was never in the East in his life; and ... neither he nor I have made any effort to be accurately Indian."