FORBES, Robert L. (author). Ronald SEARLE (illustrator). Beastly Feasts! A Mischievous Menagerie in Rhyme. New York Overlook Duckworth. 2007. Signed

4to.; original white publisher’s linson boards lettered in burgundy, in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 93; profusely illustrated with full-page plates in colour by Searle; a fine copy, in a fine unclipped dustwrapper ($19.95, £12.99).

First edition, first printing, as published in the U.S..  Inscribed in ink to the title-page by the author, “With beastly best wishes, Rob Forbes 2007”.  A collection of zany rhymes and playful caricatures on the subject of animals like “The Conservative Tortoise” and “The Board at my Door”.