Glorious Cats by Leslie Anne Ivory - 1999

"Glorious Cats" is a beautifully illustrated book by Lesley Anne Ivory that "introduces not only her own cats but rare species. Here are cats in exotic settings from Ancient Egyptian to oriental, lying languidly on sumptuous rugs and quilt, and romping amid fields of spring flowers….accompanying the magnificent paintings are selections of prose and poetry in praise of cats by writers ranging from eighteenth-century English poets to J.R.R. Tolkien and from the pens of famous French and American cat lovers."

Leslie Anne Ivory (1934 - ) is a British artist who generally paints cats and is best known for her Ivory Cats and the more than 40 children's books she has illustrated. Born in Bedfordshire, she attended St. Alban's School of Art and rose to fame in the 1980's developing her illustrative abilities with many freelance commissions. She has exhibited at numerous shows, her wood engravings were exhibited at the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy for a consecutive decade, and her Ivory Cats can be found on hundreds of merchandise items around the world.

Condition: Decorative dustjacket Is not price chipped and is in beautiful condition with only slight curling along the top and bottom front. Matching glossy paper hardbound boards are in excellent condition protected by the dustjacket with no edgewear nor bumping to the corners – all are sharp. Spine is straight and firm. Hinges are firmly attached to the decorative endpapers with no cracking. Text block is solid with all pages attached. The interior pages are clean with no tears, chips, creases or previous owner marks. Unpaginated but approximately 44 pages