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ST. JEROME AND THE LION

Written by Rumer Godden
Illustrated by Jean Primrose
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. in 1961

ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
1st. 1961. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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Front cover

Cover of ST. JEROME AND THE LION by Rumer Godden

Contents

  • The Legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion is well known: how the lion loved him and followed him about, how the lion was unjustly accused of having eaten the she-donkey entrusted to him, and how his innocence was proved in the end.