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Newberry, Clare Turlay. Illustrated by Newberry, Clare Turlay. Stock no. 444239 Hamish Hamilton. 1st ed . 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 2-tone colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 7". A must for the cat lover! Covers and endpapers are foxed. Wrapper is foxed with grugby marks and wear to corners. Price: £38.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
The Domestication of CatsHow do you feel about the domestic cat? Chances are, if you are looking at this webpage now, you love them rather than hate them. Few people are neutral towards cats. Throughout its history, the cat has been seen as both demonic and godlike – what a contrast! |
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From the Special Book Room :CAT'S CRADLEByron, May. Illustrated by Wain, Louis. Stock no. 627754 Blackie & Son Ltd. Circa. 1909. Good condition with no wrapper. A Picture-Book for Little Folk. Grey pictorial paper boards depict mother cat with ball of yarn sitting next to kitten in a cradle. Dark grey endpapers. 6 Full page colour illustrations of cats plus colour illustrations to every page of rhyme. A later reprint (the first being 1908) with rhymes in a different order: First rhyme is Playtime in Pussy-Town. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Backstrip missing. Some loss of paper to lower edge of front cover not obliterating the illustration in anyway. Top three stitches of binding broken hence contents a little loose. Large tear to front endpaper messily repaired with tape. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few closed tears to edges of some pages. Contents a little grubby. Crayon mark across two lines of text to last page 'Goodbye'. Price: £400.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
