ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE: A Picture Book

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. In the first state dust jacket ($2.00), with the author's name misspelled on the spine. The recipient of the very first Caldecott Medal. Thirty richly detailed black-and-white drawings illustrate the favorite stories of the Creation, Noah's Ark, the first Christmas, and others selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. Quarto. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Two labels to the front pastedown. Light mottling to the top edge. The dust jacket is toned along the spine, with some mild edgewear and a few very faint spots; otherwise very (truncated) good. (Inventory #: 77979)