JAMES AND MACARTHUR - A NOVEL ABOUT TWO CATS
by Laird, Jenny
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09782
- Title
- JAMES AND MACARTHUR - A NOVEL ABOUT TWO CATS
- Author
- Laird, Jenny
- Illustrator
- Bacon, Peggy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Stated
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CAT CATS KITTEN KITTENS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cats - Fiction, Children and Adult;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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