Lot 165: REY, H.A. (HANS REYERSBACH). 1898-1977 Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys. Bosto

REY, H.A. (HANS REYERSBACH). 1898-1977 Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942 4to. Original brown cloth, stamped in blue, dust jacket, gift inscription and sticker to pastedown, small ink note to front fly, minor chipping to the corners of jacket, but a clean, tight copy in bright jacket. FIRST EDITION of the first book to feature Curious George, in a bright example of the scarce dust jacket.