How the Camel Got His Hump - Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger (North-South Books)

Rudyard Kipling's beloved Just So story How the Camel Got His Hump, brought to life by the celebrated Austrian illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger and published by North-South Books in a 10,000-copy first printing. Zwerger's spare, luminous watercolors give this classic tale a gentle, dreamlike quality that collectors of fine picture books prize.

In the story, when the world was still new, Man asked all the animals for help — but the camel flatly refused. The other animals appealed to the Djinn of All Deserts to find a fitting punishment for such laziness, and the camel earned the hump he carries to this day.

Condition is excellent and one-owner. As with many titles from this children's illustrator library, there may be a name sticker on an inside page; most volumes were collected rather than read. This book comes from an extensive three-generation family collection of children's books and illustrators, listed exclusively here with combined shipping available on multiple purchases.