Particularly Cats and More Cats.

UK,slim rectangular 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Chapters 1-10 first published UK,London 1967,chapters 11-12 UK,London 1989.] FINE/FINE.Owner inscrptn - name inked out but date (12.89) remains to illustrated beige+white marbled effect ffe and no price- clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Anne Robinson,illustrated dw/dj panels,with white+gilt lettering to front cover,black+gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and black lettering to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a grey+ yellow striped headband and clean beige+white marble effect illustrated endpapers with aforementioned inscrptn to front ndpapers.UK,slim rectangular 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,2- 144pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,12 full-colour,full-page cat paintings,several other thumbnails paintings throughout the text and the book,by Anne Robinson; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,colour vignette illustrated title page,a dedication,and contents list/table.
Grey Puss,Black Cat,Rufus,Charles and General Butchkin are among the feline characters Doris Lessing has lived with.With her intensely visual imagination and cool,precise eye,Doris Lessing comes nearer than any writer to understanding the elusive nature of cats,whether they are the half-wild beasts on an African farm or the domesticated creatures who share her life in London. Grey Cat is a spoilt beauty,a show-off,selfish and vain.Black Cat is down-to-earth,modest with a highly developed maternal instinct.In the new stories in this illustrated edition,Rufus is a stray tomcat the colour of fire and with the character of a survivor.General Butchkin is a grave,intelligent actor of a cat.Their life together is as complicated and emotional in its behaviour as that of human beings. Illustrated with Anne Robinson's superb paintings,this book is a brilliant evocation of feline existence and the ultimate gift book for cat lovers and Lessing admirers everywhere. "An unsentimental and unwhimsical,but not unpartisan,study of cat-and- human relationships.An entertaining read for both cat and Lessing connoisseurs." . . .The Observer. Want more Doris LESSING titles? For similar and other titles, please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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