Walter de la Mare — The Old Lion

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. Cloth. A lovely collection of short stories for children, illustrated by Irene Hawkins and penned by Walter de la Mare. Containing four of de la Mare's stories: The Old Lion', 'Maria-Fly', 'The Lord Fish' and 'Sambo and the Snow Mountains&apos. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet and short story writer remembered for his children's works and horror stories.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated by Irene Hawkins. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with just slight shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Dust wrapper is a little sunned to the spine, which has a large chip to the head and a smaller chip to the tail, with a little loss to extremities as well. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned and otherwise clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Irene Hawkins. Near Fine/Very Good.