His Monkey Wife or, Married to a Chimp

London: Peter Davies, 1930.

Price: $85.00

Hardcover. First edition. Contemporary pencil name, spine a little toned, a very good or better copy lacking the dustwrapper. Author's first book, a fantasy classic. Lonely schoolmaster in the Upper Congo unwittingly teaches his pet chimp to read. She devours the English classics and begins to exhibit the softer virtues of Victorian womanhood, but when the chimp gets a rival for the schoolmaster's affections she starts reading "Murders in the Rue Morgue." Collier is wonderfully pleasant and amusing late night reading, especially if you're fond of vivid dreams. *Bleiler* 394.

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Item #290845 His Monkey Wife or, Married to a Chimp. John COLLIER.

John Collier
birth name: John Henry Noyes Collier
born: 5/3/1901
died: 4/6/1980
nationality: USA

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American social worker, anthropologist, and author whose fantasy stories are still anthologized.more