Arthur Barker, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Leo Hershfield. 160 pages, text illustrated with cute full-page line drawings. The dustwrapper is badly chipped and torn and worn, the top edge of the book is browned, the other edges less so, the front end pages have split showing the cloth beneath. Set in 1997-98, an illustrious author explores the changes to society, when humans developed tails. My favourite lines in this book are "the cat is disappearing as a household pet. Nothing fascinates a cat quite so much as a tail, even though it be his own. The zoologist have long known that a lioness teaches her cubs to be quick and accurate in pouncing by twitching her own tail and letting the cubs leap at it. A cat cannot leave a tail alone. Many of us have been unhappy witnesses on those occasions when a perfectly splendid dinner party has been disrupted by Pussy." (Okay so I have a dirty mind.) Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Leo Hershfield. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Fiction -- Science-Fiction; Inventory No: 0205614. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0205614
Title: The Age of the Tail
Author: Smith, H. Allen
Illustrator: Leo Hershfield
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arthur Barker
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: BZDB2 humour, satire, Science-Fiction Humour; Fiction -- Science-Fiction; Leo Hershfield Unbranded Smith, H. Allen The Age of the Tail
Bookseller catalogs: Humour;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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