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HACKING**, HEATHER : Historical Cats: Great Cats Who Have Shaped History. ** [colour illus by Heather Hacking.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.

ISBN 0340862211.

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase - so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj - an as new - last few copies.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Heather Hacking,illustrated front+ rear panels of dw/dj,with capitalised,black-outlined red-lettered part-title,capitalised, brown-lettered sub-title and black-lettered author's name,spine/backstrip with similarly capitalised, red-lettered part title and black-lettered author's name as front,and thumbnail colour pictorial illustration detail also from front and black-lettered publisher's name to foot of same,rear panel with artist's colour pictorial illustration. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated illustrated cat caricatured endpapers. UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-95 [paginated] includes 36 cat-caricatured characters with colour pictorial artwork by Heather Hatcking illustrations,each with a thumbnail colour headpiece and/or other b/w line illustrations and accompanying humorous text; plus [unpaginated] thumbnail colour illustrated half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table with blank verso,and to the rear of last page/ caricature (Moggie Scratcher!), Acknowledgements.                                Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20 year-old age. It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of faults. It was when the author was peeling grapes for her cats' 'SOLE veronique' supper,and switching on their electric blanket,that the idea emerged that perhaps cats were ruling the world. . .     Years of exhaustive research in the archives from Samarkand Public Library to Die Katzen Bibkiothek in Vienna have produced this definitive catalogue of feline domination.        Who were the great cats who shaped history?      There's Miaowpatra,queen of the Nile, Genghis Khat, Whisker Wilde, Vincent Van Fluff, Richard the Furred and Christofur Columpuss,to name but a few in this gallery of the feline good and great.                                            Sensational illustrations and quirky text make this a unique gift and the reference book you cannot be without!              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,that 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 any inexpensive 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. **

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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