Search Results: Cats and Dogs from Great Expectations Rare Books

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 1992. Trade paperback. 360 pages. New edition of the title originally published in 1976. First thus. A wonderful anthology about cats, featuring the work of 150 writers and artists. Over 100 illustrations, 16 in full color. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine. . New Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 1983. Large quarto hardcover in original color pictorial dust-jacket. 208pp., Glossary, Further Reading, Index. Illustrated with numerous full color photographs. First edition, first printing. An A to Z guide to cat breeds of the world, as well as an informative guide to practical cat care, governing every aspect of the subject from the health of a kitten to the problems of aging and general health. A square, clean, tightly bound copy with no sign of previous ownership. Dust-jacket clean and complete with no tears or chips. A near fine copy in a like dust-jacket.. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Trade paperback. 236pp. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. No prevoius ownership marks. A very fine copy, as new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 236pp., Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing. A charming account of the clowder that reside at Thistle Hill farm; as much about the cats and their individual personalites, as it is about the "kingdom" itself. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh copy in a crisp dust-jacket. Very fine in a very fine dust-jacket..

New York: Bantam, 1987. Book. Good+. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mass Market paperback. 255 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. Revised edition, first printing thus. No previous ownership marks. Light crease to spine from reading, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Good+. .

Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1919. Green cloth sans dustjacket. Gilt lettering as dulled with age. The author relates his home-spun wisdom in 50 caterwauls/poems and illustrates each with a small feline vignette at the bottom of the page. An interesting volume and quite scarce, and a wonderful gift for the cat lover. Good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, Publishers, 1994. Large oversize paperback, stiff card covers with large flaps, akin to paper dust-jacket. 192pp., Extensively illustrated with wonderful full color and black and white photograps. "...the most complete book ever published to document the cat's relationship to people in history, literature and art." A very handsome copy, no previous ownership marks, clean, square and unmarked. A near fine copy.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1956. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth in worn, soiled dustjacket. The story of Ms. Steen's last cat, Bert, set againt the backdrop of the Berkshire countryside in post-war England. Small photo of a cat, now somewhat yellowed, affixed to lower foredge corner of front free endpaper. Very good in good jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, 1909. Cloth Spine Over Boards. First Thus. First edition thus, circa 1902. Half cloth with vertical pictorial pastedown. Illustrated with 8 drawings by C.E. Allen. Tra nslated from the French of Pierre Loti. Published in the Editha Series. Endpapers toned, backstrip faded and general age wear to covers. A good+ copy of a very scarce title.. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Bonanza, 1983. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 341pp. Illustrated. A cat lover's collection of stories, poetry and pictures by Paul Gallico, don marquis, Rudyard Kipling, T.S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Mauguerite Steen, Colette, Emile Zola, Mazo de la Roche, and others. No name, no book-plate, etc. No price on dust-jacket flap, but a trade edition, not a book-club. Light toning to dust-jacket on edges of verso, else a very fine copy in a very good+ dust-jacket.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1993. Hardcover, black cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 160pp., Illustrated with vignette colored drawings, First edtiion. Selected and edited by Marmaduke Skidmore. Cat tales from the ages, including Egyptian cats from the Book of the Dead and Herodutus, Roams cats as described by Caesar, cats in Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson and Lord Chesterfield, et alia. Over ninety entires petaining to felines. No previous ownership marks. Sewn-in ribbon marker. Dust-jacket shows mild shelf-wear. A clean , square, frsh copy. Fine in a very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.