Description Clarke, Irwin & Company, Toronto, 1966, 1st pr thus. Hard cover, 173 pages. Green boards with black illustration on front, black lettering on spine. Mark on front near illustration; light edge, corner and spine end wear; binding sound. No jacket. Black & white map frontis; star stamp on rear pastedown, pages very lightly toned; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; black & white and vibrant colour illustrations by W. F. Phillips and J.-P. Ariel, Translated by Sara Chokla Gross. Story of a young African boy and his friendship with an orphaned lion cub, complicated by his friendship with a white hunter.