REEVES, James (author). Edward ARDIZZONE (illustrator). More Prefabulous Animiles. London Heinemann. 1975

8vo.; original sage-green linson boards lettered and decorated in gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [viii] + 51 + [v]; charming and vigorous line illustrations to every page, surrounding and adorning the text; a very good copy with a neat owner’s name to front free endpaper, in a similarly fresh, unclipped dustwrapper (£1.90).

First edition. James Reeves’ and Edward Ardizzone’s sequel to their 1957 joint imaginative triumph “Prefabulous Animiles”, presenting a canvas of invented beasts in verse and image including The Hoverwing; The Sniggle; The Dizz and the Bogus-Boo.