Paste'Em & Coloring Book, Our Zoo, No. 27.
New York: Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, c. 1935. First edition. Paperback. A sweet early children's activity book , with Australian content, a full page illustration of 4 koalas (including a joey) climbing the branches of a eucalyptus tree. The activity involves cutting out the puzzle pieces and gluing them on to the animal shapes.
"The work trains the eye to form and color and affords profitable amusement 'to keep busy the little hands and the little head'." The Elephant, Tiger, Lion and Giraffe puzzles completed by a young artist. Other images (polar bears, koala, tiger, flamingo) not colored in. Original oblong 8vo, 8pp, stiff color illustrated wrappers, staple bound. Very good condition. Item #25463
Price: $75.00