Caesar & Hussein
London: The British Library, 1999. Two octavo volumes, quarter leather pictorial boards housed in red cloth slipcase with label, 334 pp. total. Like new. Limited second edition.
Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda Leopard; and Hussein: An Entertainment. were the author's first debut novels. They were originally published under the pseudonym Richard Patrick Russ in 1930 and 1938 respectively. This set however is part of the 750 print run of the 1999 second edition published by the British library.
Caesar is a unique and tragic story of a panda leopard, his mother was a snow leopard while his father was a giant panda, who is captured and tamed and his forced fatherhood at the orders of human masters.
Hussein recounts the dashing adventures of an elephant handler sprinkled with a touch of spying, sword-fighting, vengeance, love and murder. Item #3031
Price (AUD): $350.00