ABC; LEMAITRE, Jules
Circa: 1919
Price: $440
Petits contes par Jules Lemaitre de l’Academie Francaise avec des images de Job. Tours : Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1919. Quarto, decorated board covers, 54pp. (faint foxing). A charming series of stories for each letter of the alphabet including K for kangourou. This bizarre tale is a quasi-dreamtime explanation for the physical oddities of the kangaroo: using their pouches to store stolen fruit incurred the wrath of God, who shortened their front paws to restore peace to the animal kingdom.