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Raftery Paki STROOCK'S ANIMAL KINGDOM 1939 1st Ed

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Condition/Details: Bound in illustrated paper boards, this volume is a rare company premium. S. Stroock & Co was founded by Samuel Stroock who left his home in Tennessee in 1866 and trekked to New York to begin a small business in a loft, producing felt and carriage robes, or lap blankets, for the horse-drawn carriage trade. During World War I, the Stroock Co. made army blankets and uniforms. Sylvan Stroock took over management of the company in 1935 and guided it toward a production based on unusual, rare and luxurious fabrics. Following on from their earlier success with camel hair and cashmere, Sylvan followed his brother in looking to the Andes for inspiration and the company's expansion continued apace. Fine fabrics were created not only from the four members of the camelid family - llama, vicuna, alpaca and guanaco - but even Huarizo and Misti, the crosses of male llama/female alpaca and male alpaca/female llama respectively, that today are completely unsung. Realizing the uniqueness of their product, Sylvan Stroock set about marketing to and educating prospective owners of their creations with a series of small books he wrote himself. They included "The Story of Vicuna", "The Story of Camel Hair" and "Llamas and Llamaland". "Stroock's Animal Kingdom", was given away to clients and tells in rhyme and cartoons the story of Sylvan's quest to manufacture great cloths from great fibers.The work contains verses by Frances Raftery and is illustrated with many color drawings by Paki. Endpaper notation indicates that "this copy was especially printed for" Mr. Douglas Crawford (name handwritten on line under caption) The volume shows some external age/wear, with water stains to back board and tip of top outside corner of front board. Spine has minor chipping. Illustration on front cover is bright. This book is solidly bound with clean pages and illustrated endpapers. Advertisement card with a message from Sylvan I. Stroock has been laid in. The book measures approximately 5.5" x 8.5" and contains 23 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50

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