Ludwig Bemelmans - Parsley - 1955

Parsley by Ludwig Bemelmans
Published 1955 by Harper & Row Publishers New York Evanston and London
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 55-7682

Illustrated poem about the life of a lone pine tree, nature, forests, deer, hunters, forestry, carpentry and woodwork, wild flowers, sunset, forest scenes
Very large colourful plates by Austrian American artist, Ludwig Bemelmans. All clean, in very good condition, with vibrant colours

At the back a list of wild flowers that appear in the book, Shepherd’s Purse, Cowslip, Forget-me-not, snowdrop etc and note that the furniture on page 19 and 21 is New England pine furniture
Dedication, a thank you to Mabel Souvaine in whose magazine Woman’s Day this story first appeared
48 pages, clean

Large format hardback cloth cover, green with drawing of deer on front left and title in green capital.
Spine in light brown cloth, plain green on the back
Cover is clean but slightly warped, spine frayed at the bottom.

Beautifully illustrated, large format, superb colourful drawings from nature.