SHAKESPEARE CATS.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but a diagonal clip/cut to top,right-hand corner of ffe - name removed(?) and dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues/ distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated front panel by Susan Herbert with red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine,no marks,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, publisher's original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,crisp,stamped gilt printer's device colophon to upper board,with immaculate unmarked plain white endpapers - ffe (front free endpaper) clip excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,64pp [unpaginated] includes b/w cat vignette illustrated half-title,reverse of which has full-page,full-colour illustration,b/w cat vignette illustrated title page,a preface,and 31 other full-page,full-colour,captioned illustrations - all by Susan Herbert. For her latest book (then 1996) of cats in costume,Susan Herbert turns from masterpieces of the fine arts to the masterpieces of Shakespeare. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style,this imaginative artist presents an irresistible array of well-known characters in the great Shakespearean plays,from the tragic Romeo and Juliet,to the mischievous Titania; from the beautiful Cleopatra to the roguish Falstaff. In thirty-two entrancing paintings,Susan Herbert opens up an unsuspected world of Shakespeare interpreted by cats with all their winning ways.Her many devoted admirers will find this new collection full of charm,humour and sensitivity of her earlier books; and newcomers to her art will be surprised and enchanted by the finesse she brings to her latest portrait-gallery of cats in unusual guises. See also rja1646 - 'Impressionist Cats',rja391711 - 'Medieval Cats',rja451913 - 'OPERA CATS' and rja491514 - 'MOVIE CATS',for other author/artist titles available.For other titles of similar interest and/or subject see my book ID's rja32718 (Janis Mitchell: THE HAMSTER BALLET COMPANY) and rja 681617 (Zoe Stokes: ZOE'S CATS.) Susan Herbert (1945–2014),freelance artist,studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art,University of Oxford.Having worked and painted for the English National Opera and the Theatre Royal,she now specializes in limited edition prints of theatrical animals,and exhibits frequently. By the close of the 1970's, she had become a freelance artist, with work permanently displayed at the Theatre Royal and Kings Circus Gallery, both in Bath. During the 1980's, she broadened her interests, exhibiting miniatures in the United States (1984) and producing a set of limited edition prints and cards (1989). A major exhibition of her work was held in 1990 at the Crypt Gallery, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Her international popularity was confirmed by a touring exhibition, which began in Tokyo in 1995. Author and illustrator of 'The Cats Gallery of Art' (1990), 'The Cats History of Western Art'(1994), 'Diary of a Victorian Cat' (1991), Impressionist Cats' (1992), 'The Cats Gallery of Western Art' (1994), 'Medieval Cats' (1995), 'Pre-Raphaelite Cats' (1999), 'Shakespeare Cats' (1996), 'Opera Cats' (1997), 'The Cats Gallery of Western Art' (2002,a compilation of 1990 & 1994 volumes) and 'Movie Cats' (2006).
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