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The ABC of Un-Natural History - For young and old
The original drawings for the book

Item date(s): 1937

Gus Av. Friendly

Pages: 27 plates
Size: 305mm

Place publication: Johannesburg
Publisher: Published by the Author

Additional notes:
The book was printed by Minerva Central, Lourenco Marques.

These are the original drawings for the book, including all the pages and the cover. 30.5 x 23cm each.

Pen and ink on card.

See: Warren Siebrits & The Art of Collecting. 2nd August 2017.

See: GB/09999 for the copies of the book.

Reference note:
email from Nina Polonsky dated 31 Oct 2001.:

Dear Jack,

I got an email from Tanya saying that you wanted some information about Gus Friendly. He was married to my aunt Ida Behrman and had one daughter, Jae. He was a lawyer [Ad = advocate] in Johannesburg and wrote a funny book about animals. It was called the alphabet but I have not seen a copy for years. When you move from one country to another you lose a lot of things. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Ref: GB/15310