Birl, the Story of a Cat

by Gwenda David, Eric Mosbacher, Alexander M. Frey, Hans

£35 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. Children's illustrated FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp. 2 108 2 . With copious in-text illustrations by Fischer, including a half-title illustration, frontispiece, and title-page vignette. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to upper board and spine, red 'Birle' illustration to upper. Lower textblock edge untrimmed. Lightly toned internally with spotting to endpapers. Previous ownership signature pencilled to

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