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London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1974. 250 g; 96 pages, last three pages blank, illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Slight rubbing to the edges of the jacket. The front fold over flap of the jacket has been price clipped, and there is a publisher's sticker with a £2.00 price. "Long ago, in the beginning of the world, dwelt the Early Race, the animals who lived as people. -- at last Old Mantis realised that the Dream was ending, that he and the people of the Early Race were to become altogether animals, while the real people took their place. This African bushmen's tale is a story of the Creation told by the author with poetic and vivid imagery." -- front fold over blurb. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good -- Price Clipped. Illus. by Bernard Brett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. children -- Africa.