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Alexandra Publishing Company , c. 1930 . Hardback. . 4to decorated boards in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 4 full-page colour plates and numerous black and white drawings. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Fair hardback (moderate edgewear, head and tail of spine crushed, pages age-toned otherwise clean and unmarked) in Poor dustwrapper (large losses to spine, chipped at all edges)
Cats at Play by Wain, Louis - 1917
by Wain, Louis
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Cats at Play
by Wain, Louis
- Used
- first
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1917. First edition. Publisher's full color hand-sewn pictorial wrappers. Some creasing, wear and light chipping at edges and spine tail. Twelve pages with one to two captioned scenes in color, inner covers illustrated in black and white. A very good copy of a book that would normally have been destroyed by child.
At the end of the last century, Louis Wain (1860-1939), the Edwardian cat artist, became a household name as an illustrator of cats, whom he depicted in all sorts of activities, from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars, attending dances, and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (H.G. Wells).
Dale 34.
At the end of the last century, Louis Wain (1860-1939), the Edwardian cat artist, became a household name as an illustrator of cats, whom he depicted in all sorts of activities, from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars, attending dances, and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (H.G. Wells).
Dale 34.
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Bookseller
Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Publisher Blackie and Son Limited
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1917
We have 2 copies available starting at $276.34.
Cats at Play
by Wain, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
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$276.34
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Cats at Play
by Wain, Louis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
- Item Price
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$2,750.00
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Description:
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1917. First edition. Publisher's full color staple-bound pictorial wrappers. Oxidation at staples, light wear at edges and spine head, third gathering loose at two staples (of three). Folio (13 1/8 x 10 1/8 in; 334 x 258 mm). Twelve pages with one to two captioned scenes in color, inner covers illustrated in black and white. An excellent copy of a book that would normally have been destroyed by child. A particularly difficult Wain title to find in any condition, with the present being utterly exceptional. "From 1883, Wain began to draw cats as they had never been drawn before, cats in humorous guises, in human situations, but always beautifully handled...although he was sometimes forced to draw dogs before he became well- known!" (Houfe). Dale 34.
Item Price
$2,750.00