THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN

by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Lynd Ward

$650 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York: Macmillan, 1930. First edition. First printing of the winner of the 1931 Newbery Medal winner, an example of Lynd Ward's more delicate brush illustrations. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Item #14935 THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN is framed as a Japanese Buddhist folktale, and follows a down-on-his-luck painter who gains a new lease on life when his cook adopts a calico cat.

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