The Poet's Cat. An Anthology

London England: George Harrap. Very Good/Good. 1946. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. The Poet's Cat. Previous owner ex libris name sticker to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Shelf wear and a repair to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. With a Frontispiece engraved by Stephen Gooden. This volume is an attempt to present the various relationships of poets and cats as exemplified in poems from the earliest times to the present day; for between poets and thjeir catrs, with few exceptions, a natural sympathy seems to exist. This is not surprising, as they have much in common - a love of solitude and peaceful surroundings, a passionate independence, a self-contained and reserved nature, and the priceless gift of knowing how to amuse themselves when alone. The compiler has included over seventy poems, which approach the subject from almost every angle except the patronising and the facetious. In addition to the works of writers in English, the book contains translations of Greek, Latin, Arabic, early Irish, and of many French poems.116 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .