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James and Macarthur: An Escapist Novel by Laird, Jenny - 1951

by Laird, Jenny

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James and Macarthur: An Escapist Novel

by Laird, Jenny

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London: Secker and Warburg, 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Good+/good. 8vo. 191pp. Illus. Spine faded, spine and covers showing some signs of use, dw chipped, small tear with loss in top of front panel, interior foxed.
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  • Book Condition Used - Good+
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Secker and Warburg
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1951
  • Keywords FICTION ANIMAL CATS

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James and Macarthur - Cats

by Laird, Jenny

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NY: Longmans, Green & Co, 1951. A Novel about 2 Cats & Has DJ & Illustrated & 1st Edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Peggy Bacon.
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JAMES AND MACARTHUR - A NOVEL ABOUT TWO CATS

by Laird, Jenny

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New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1951. Gray hardcover binding square and tight, bumped corners, a bit of rubbing along edges. Nameplate fep. Pencil name ffep. 213 pages. DJ is tattered with large part of spine missing. Tape repairs, closed tears, and staining. Protected from further damage in clear plastic jacket. James, a rake of a cat, and his timid brother MacArthur, are dissatisfied with their home - they feel they are not cared for as a cat deserves and the servants don't treat them with proper reference. So, out into the world they go, leaving their comfortable world behind. Full of unpredictable charm and wisdom, a sense of humor, and a sense of the 'fitness' of things. A great characterization of cats.. Illus. by Bacon, Peggy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Poor.
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James and Macarthur

by Laird, Jenny

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Longmans, Green & Co, 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Cover has a clear book cover that is taped on with masking tape, old tape inside, discolored.
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James and MacArthur: A Novel about Two Cats A(ill. Peggy Bacon)

by Jenny Laird

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NY, Longmans Green, 1951, stated 1st edition hardcover, solid gray cloth, very good to fine crisp bright unmarked copy, slight rubs to cover extremities, good sound crisp dust jacket with a few minor edge-nicks, 5-1/2""x8-1/4"".
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James and Macarthur: An escapist novel

by Laird, Jenny

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Secker & Warburg, 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post
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James and Macarthur

by Laird, Jenny

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London: Secker & Warburg. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Ink inscription on fep. 1951. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 191pp. .
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James and MacArthur

by Laird, Jenny

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Longmans. Good/Fair. 1951. Soft Cover. (O214) .
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James and Macarthur: A Novel about Two Cats

James and Macarthur: A Novel about Two Cats

by Laird, Jenny

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New York: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1951. First American Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, slight bumping to the upper corners, minor soiling to edges of text block, tiny bookseller's name rubber-stamped on front endpaper (Farrow's Bookshop, Waterville, Maine); the jacket shows some wear along the top and bottom edges and the spine folds, and some surface scuffing on the lower right area of the front panel]. (line drawings) The title characters are a pair of brothers, with a quite satisfactory domestic situation -- except that it's taken a markedly unsatisfactory turn, as "their domestic staff, a pair of humans by the name of Thompson, [who] in their humble way were happy and contented, considering themselves fortunate in the service of two such gentlemanly employers as James and Macarthur. Yet, of late, there had been a distinct falling-off in the quality of the service," to which household crisis the feline brothers are discussing… Read More
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JAMES AND MACARTHUR

by Laird, Jenny, Illustrated by Peggy Bacon

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NY: Longmans Green, 1951 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. 213 pages, boards. A novel about two cats, one a rake & the other his timid brother, who are dissatisfied with their home. NEAR FINE in a very good lightly worn dustjacket..
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