THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS. [Illustrated by Quentin Blake.Includes Audio CD read by Helen Mirren.]

UK,slim Qrto French wraps+Audio CD+sealed wallet,1st edn thus. [Beatrix Potter wrote this in 1914,but she did not find time to illustrate it and it remained unpublished.Now, over 100 years later,Quentin Blake has brought Kitty and the story to life.The first appearance,with Blake`s wonderful watercolour drawings capturing the charm perfectly,was a UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,[London],Frederick Warne,2016. This then,is the first softback edn/appearance with the Audio CD,read by Helen Mirren.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn - the publisher's printed bookplate untouched and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,sharp -cornered,wrap-around cream French card covers with glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustrated card covers by Quentin Blake,with capitalised,glossy,black-lettered title, author name and illustrator's other black-lettered name credit to front cover; spine/backstrip with no reading creases and with similarly coloured+lettered title,author and illustrator as the front's,a miniaturised,glossy,colour illustration detail from front illustration,and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with small colour illustration and accompanying black-lettered text pertaining to the illustration.Attached to inside of rear cover's French flap,a sealed and unopened plastic envelope with Audio CD/Read by Helen Mirren, revealed by a cut-out circle to flap.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping etc to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps+Audio CD,1st edn thus, 11-69pp [paginated] includes part and full page colour illustrations by Quentin Blake throughoutthe text and the book; plus [unpaginated] pink monochrome character figures illustrated front free endpaper with publisher's printed bookplate with similar illustrated reverse,a continuation and repeated illustration to the following page,thus making a double-page illustration,illustrated half-title+title pages,Publisher's Note and Illustrator's Note too and to the rear a pink monochrome double-paged character-figured illustration as the front's - the reverse of last page of same with 23 thumbnail colour illustrations of book covers of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books' advertisement. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback children's book and unplayed CD. It really is an exceptional,exemplary and superb example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. A brand new original tale by Beatrix Potter and illustrated by the world-renowned Quentin Blake. A serious,well-behaved young black cat,who leads a daring double life defeating vile villains. When Miss Kitty sneaks out to go hunting in her beautiful boots she gets herself into all sorts of scrapes,but on this particular night she meets the foxiest hunter of them all - Mr. Tod! This utterly entertaining tale is filled with mistaken identities,devious villains and even an appearance from Peter Rabbit. Told with Beatrix Potter's trademark dry humour and wry observations, this brilliant tale is sure to become as popular as her original classics and is illustrated by the best-loved Quentin Blake. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **