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Raphael, Tuck & Sons. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. undated, but a previous owner's inscription is dated 1920. also a stamp mark from the same person. the binding has been repaired and the top of the spine is torn. 3 of the 12 plates are missing and a few of the black and white illustrations have been neatly coloured in. the binding is strong.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1914. Original quarter brown cloth over beveled brown boards. Front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in black and white with laid-on color plate. Spine lettered in black. Collating 136, [4, ads]. Twelve color plates (including frontispiece) and numerous black and white text illustrations. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, inner front hinge expertly strengthened, some minor marginal soiling to some leaves. Still a Very Good copy. One of the rarest of all Wain-illustrated books, the cat-master's delightful take on a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, gentleman, apothecary, ploughboy, thief. 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… Read More