THE NECESSARY CAT: A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word.**

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10-2 descending,so 1st edn,2nd imp.]FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£12.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley,illustrated dw/dj,with black+grey(?) and fluorescent gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, muted brown paper-covered boards with design repeated from dw/dj with bright,crisp,printed black ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain biege endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,16- 74pp [paginated] includes profuse colour cat illustrations in a variety of styles and media,literary contributions from various authors throughout the text and the book,an index of titles and first lines, acknowledgements (to rear); plus [unpaginated] colour vignetted half-title+title pages,author foreword,double-page contents list/table, double-page cat themed/named flora illustration,double-page cat-themed paper ephemera scrap-book reproduction illustration.
Nicola Bayley has collected anything to do with cats for as long as she can remember and she has drawn on this material for 'The Necessary Cat',her gloriously individual homage to the feline race.In this fascinating album,you will find cat toys and plants; odd cat words and even odder cat facts; and cat lore and literature,including nursey rhymes and poems by such luminaries as Eleanor Farjeon,W.B. Yeats and William Wordsworth.
Here are exotic cats,wild cats and cats of artistic and literary distinction illustrated in a variety of styles and media,but all displaying the exquisite miniaturist detail and sly sense of humour that distinguish this favourite artist's work.If you love cats or fine art or delightful entertainment,you will love this book.If ever there were a necessary cat, this is it.
One of this country's (UK) most highly regarded artists,Nicola Bayley is admired in particular for her pictures of cats.She has illustrated several books,including the 'Copycats' series,'Fun with Mrs Thumb', 'The Patchwork Cat' (see my book ID rja28608) and the award-winning 'The Mousehole Cat' (see my book ID rja368110).
Nicola Bayley,born Singapore,1949.Studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and illustration at the Royal College of Art.Soon after she left college,Jonathan Cape published her first illustrated children's book,'Nicola Bayley Book of Nursery Rhymes',which was outstandingly successful and was followed a year later by 'Tyger Voyage' - see my book ID's rja424112,rja424212 (miniature 1st edns/books) and rja424412, rja424512 for true UK,1st edns; both books were translated into seven languages.The fantasy world that she paints is secure and tranquil and full of carefully worked detail.Her jewel-like colours are sometimes applied with a distinctive stippling technique to produce a varied texture.She is particularly well-known for her pictures of cats and her most popular books include 'The Patchwork Cat' (see my book ID rja28608) and,for Walker Books,the series 'Copycats'.She is also the illustrator of 'Merry-Go-Rhymes' and 'Bedtime and Moonshine' (both Walker Books).
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