DOBRÉE, Valentine.

£375 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Emperor's Tigers. First edition. This is Dobree's second novel, an allegorical fantasy about the emperor's tigers cloistered away in the private garden of Transmappamondia. This title is uncommon, especially in such excellent condition.Dobree was best known for her surrealist paintings and her writing was admired by the likes of T.S. Eliot and Graham Greene. Her first book Your Cuckoo Sings by Kind was published in 1927, and The Emperor's Tigers followed two years later.

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