by Margaret Wise Brown

Illustrated by Rosalie Slocum

Paper over boards. Color illustrations to front and back covers, illustrated endpapers. Dustjacket present

Beautiful First Edition of a rare children's classic with original dust jacket. Unpaginated, Colophon on last page.

Condition Notes: 

*  Covers / Spine: Moderate shelf wear to cover edges and spine. Corners have light bumps with moderate abrasions.

*  Gutters/Cover Sheets: Intact, no splits or markings.

*  Binding firm and square.

*  Text Block: Beautiful condition. No markings to text or illustrations. No foxing

*  Original DJ. Moderate abrasions and deletions along all edges. unclipped ($1.50). Acetate cover.

 

  A wonderful children's story. An old lady living alone by the sea finds joy and comfort from her seventeen cats and especially one small blue-grey kitten.

Margaret Wise Brown (1910 – 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her achievements.

Brown's first published children's book was When the Wind Blew, published in 1937 by Harper & Brothers. Impressed by Brown's "here and now" style, W. R. Scott hired her as his first editor in 1938. Through Scott, she published the Noisy Book series among others. As editor at Scott, one of Brown's first projects was to recruit contemporary authors to write children's books for the company. Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck neglected to respond, but Brown's hero Gertrude Stein accepted the offer. [Wikipedia]