De Gasztold, Carmen Bernos / Godden, Rumer (translator). The Creatures' Choir. Illustrated by Jean Primrose. New York, The Viking Press, 1965. 16 cm x 23 cm. 69 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent, FINE condition. Includes for example the following poems: The Lion / The Lamb / The Centipede / The Snail / The Starfish / The Ladybird / The Toad / The Mole / The Spider / The Fly etc. Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919, in Arcachon – 1995) was a French poet. She spent her childhood in the province of Bordeaux, France. She had 5 sisters and brothers. After World War II she went to live at the Benedictine Abbeye Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny. Her family were of Lithuanian descent (Gasztold being the Polish rendering of the Lithuanian name Goštautas). The English translation was written by Rumer Godden (1907–1998) who went to the Benedictine Abbey in France and spent time with the poet to do the translation! (Wikipedia)
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