DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS. A Famous Ballad, Told and Sung in England. In 1885, Mr. John Ruskin Wrote Some New Verses for It. In 1925, Mr. Roy Meldrum Made These New Pictures for An Edition in The Little Library. by ANONYMOUS. Illustrated by Roy Meldrum.:

New York, Macmillan, 1925.. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1925, in the Little Library series, small 8vo, 165 x 110 mm, 6½ x 4½ inches, green cloth with 7 cat's heads on upper cover, lettered black, colour illustrated endpapers, 76 pages. New jolly illustrations in colour, many full page, by Roy Meldrum. The cats, fully clothed, are rather tall and stand on their hind legs. 160 lines of immortal verse. Extremities lightly worn, bookseller's small label on front pastedown, no inscriptions. A very good plus copy, (lacks dustwrapper). Based on the 1885 version for which Ruskin wrote 4 new verses, originally published in 1823. Meldrum is little known but contributed a large number of illustrations to the Joy Street Annuals. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.