Author: VAVRA, ROBERT
Title: Little Egret and Toro.
Description: Barcelona: Editorial Timun Mas, 1974. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 8471761645. Illustrated by John Fulton. Delightful book by American author Robert Vavra. He became immersed in the lore and life of this beast which culminated in the publishing of his book, Bulls of Iberia, in 1972. He was a personal friend of legendary matador de toros Juan Belmonte, riding with him on horseback to check his herds of black bulls, and he shared the dreams, fears, adventures and valor of other toreros, such as the American John Fulton. ; B&W Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11 1/2; Unpaginated pages; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY VAVRA AND FULTON; DATED 1974, SEVILLA. Copyright page states1966, published in Spain. But there is an ISBN # which indicates this may be from 1974. Hard cover is glazed boards. Boards have light rubbing, sunning, scuffing, some bumping to corners and other shelf wear. No DJ as issued. Pages not numbered; 60 pages. B/w drawings are by John Fulton. Pages are clean and tight. 'A book about friendship and loyalty, "Little Egret and Toro" is the touching and inspiring story of a cattle egret and the fighting bull who saves his life -- after which, years later, Little Egret is able to return the favor. The egret warns the bull that he will wind up in the butcher shop if he goes into the bullring, so when he does fight, the bird devises a plan to save him.' ; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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