THE MOUSEHOLE CAT.** [llus by Nicola Bayley.**]

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley, illustrated front+rear panels of dw/dj,with dark blue lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges or corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appearing unread,apart from my own collation.Bright crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue marbled-effect illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour vignetted title page,12 full-page; plus 1 double-page,full colour illustrations - all by Nicola Bayley.
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At the far end of England is the fishing village of Mousehole,so named because of the smallness of its harbour mouth.Once,a cat called Mowzer lived there with an old fisherman called Tom; and Mowzer's life was very pleasant,because Tom loved her and she loved Tom.Every day they ate mouthwatering meals of fresh fish - morgy-broth,baked hake,kedgeree,or star-gazey pie.But then,one terrible winter,the Great Storm-Cat came clawing and snarling and leaping at the harbour walls so that no boat could go out to fish.And soon,with Christmas coming,there was no food left in Mousehole.
It was then that Tom and Mowzer set out in their little boat, to try and save their village.As they crossed the harbour towards the Mousehole gap,the voice of the Great Storm-Cat rose all around them like a giant caterwauling; and Mowzer knew that either she must soothe the Storm-Cat's anger,or she and Tom must surely die. Antonia Barber tells this dramatic and moving story so well that the sweet voice of Mowzer and the fury of the Great Storm-Cat seem to sing from the page; and the strength and beauty of Nicola Bayley's illustrations bring a vivid and shimmering sense of truth to this long-ago Cornish adventure.
Nicola Bayley,born Singapore,1949.Studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and illustration at the Royal College of Art.Soon after she left college, Jonathan Cape published her first illustrated children's book,'Nicola Bayley Book of Nursery Rhymes',which was outstandingly successful and was followed a year later by 'Tyger Voyage' - see my book ID's rja424112, rja424212 (miniature 1st edns/books) and rja424412,rja424512 for true UK,1st edns; both books were translated into seven languages. The fantasy world that she paints is secure and tranquil and full of carefully worked detail.Her jewel-like colours are sometimes applied with a distinctive stippling technique to produce a varied texture.She is particularly well-known for her pictures of cats and her most popular books include 'The Patchwork Cat' and,for Walker Books,the series 'Copycats'.She is also the illustrator of 'Merry-Go-Rhymes' and 'Bedtime and Moonshine' (both Walker Books).
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