Sirga

Published by Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1962

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First thus, fourth impression. viii, 176pp, with some black and white in-text illustrations. Maroon cloth-covered boards; silver titles on spine. 12mo. Slightly rubbed bottom corners and spine ends; a little cocked. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; pages starting to age. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in Mylar-style sleeve, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Set in the Africa bush, the story centres upon a Sirga, a young lion cub and the son of a local hunter, both born on the same day, and the bond that develops between them as they grow up alongside each other, and how the raids of slave traders upon the their home village affects them.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Sirga
Author
Guillot, Rene; Marsh, Gwen (translator)
Publisher
Oxford University Press, London, UK
Publication year
1962
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Kiddell-Munro, Joan
Edition
1st Thus.
Printing
4th Impression
Dimensions
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller catalogs
Children's Books - Fiction, Children's Books - Vintage

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