FREES, Harry Whittier "The Little Folks of Animal Land" [Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1915]

"The Little Folks of Animal Land" photographed and described by Harry Whittier Frees [Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1915]. First edition, first printing. 252pp with 60 full-page photographs of live animals posed in adorable scenes, as well as a handful of smaller in-text photographs in the introduction + a frontispiece. Blue cloth with gilt titling/decorations and a photograph of two kittens in a hot air balloon basket. Worn copy with head/tail of spine rubbed, some rippling of back cloth, and a rear hinge that's cracked but holding just fine. No missing plates. Good and uncommon.

Harry Whittier Frees (1879–1953) was an American photographer who created novelty postcards, magazine spreads, and children's books based on his photographs of posed animals. He dressed the animals and posed them in human situations with props, often with captions; these can be seen as progenitors of modern lolcats.