The Wonder World of the Jungle

Neurath, Marie

Published by Max Parrish, London, 1965

About this Item

1965. Second impression. 36pp. and a large colour illustration on all pages except the half-title and contents pages. Marie Neurath (1898-1986), was a German designer, social scientist and author. Neurath was a member of the team that developed a simplified pictographic language, the Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics, which she later renamed Isotype. She was also a prolific writer and designer of educational books for younger readers. This is one of her 'Isotype' books for the younger reader and describes some of the animals and plants that can be found in a jungle. The book is bound in the original green boards with gold titling on the spine and a small gold illustration on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear on the boards and fading to the spine. The spine ends are lightly bumped and there is a white stain aroundf the bottom of the spine that extends to about 1" onto the boards (probably where a strip of tape has been removed). The contents are tight and clean with some light creasing on the bottom 1" of the pages. There is a small red inscription on the top edge of the front fixed endpaper. Seller Inventory # gNature08

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wonder World of the Jungle

Publisher: Max Parrish, London

Publication Date: 1965

Binding: Green Hardback

Condition: Good to Very Good

Edition: Second Impression