Description: 1924 DALLA THE LION CUB 1st Edition Story of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley Set in South Africa, Dalla Brand is a young Boer wild-woman who is called a "lion cub" because the beasts and the birds of the plain & the jungle feel a mystic kinship with her. Dalla moves among the jungle beasts, without peril. Her life is turned upside down when, under family pressure, she is married off to a farmer twice her age. Living a wretched existence, she finds consolation among the animals of the jungle. Then a young and handsome stranger rides into her life. Published by The Knickerbocker Press under G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1924.Format/binding - Cloth-bound HardcoverBook condition - Used - Good w spotting on the pagesJacket condition - No Dust JacketEdition - First Edition First Printing-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This ex-library book belonged to the Imperial Library - founded in 1879 George M. Pierce - located at 1110 F. St. in Washington, D. C. According to the Washington Post, the Imperial Library was what’s known as a circulating library.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: United States
Publisher: G.P. Putnam / Knickerbocker Press
Subject: South African Boer Girl and Lions | Beasts of the Jungle
Year Printed: 1924
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Ex-Library
Author: Cynthia Stockley
Library: Imperial Library George M. Pierce Wash. DC
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Animal Stories, Childrens Books
Character Family: Dalla
