THE SHIP'S CAT: The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine.
by Adams, Richard; illustrated by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown)./glossy illustrated boards in a like
- ISBN 10
- 0394423348
- ISBN 13
- 9780394423340
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown).. First US printing. The title continues "Together with the most lamentable losse of the Alcestis & triumphant firing of the Port of Chagres," Written in verse by Richard Adams (best known as the author of 'Watership Down') and illustrated by Aldridge in full-color, full-page paintings. A story of high adventure on the seas in the days of Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare and of a magnificent brave cat who escapes from a Spanish dungeon and joins forces with Sir Richard Drake. Large format, unpaginated.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
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- Title
- THE SHIP'S CAT: The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine.
- Author
- Adams, Richard; illustrated by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown).
- Jacket Condition
- glossy illustrated boards in a like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394423348
- ISBN 13
- 9780394423340
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1977.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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