Golden Pleasure Books, London, 1962. Illustrated boards are worn and chipped to the edges. White cloth spine is darkened. Rear board is creased. Contents are tight with hinges just beginning to crack. 109pp. Some general age discolouration and scattered foxing to pages.
Ji?i Trnka was a Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946.