KASPAR PRINCE OF CATS.**

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Michael Foreman,illustrated dw/dj,with white and silver gilt lettering to front and spine, with silver gilt flecks to the illustration too,rear panel with white letters; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt upright sitting cat design to front board; bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain rear board,and immaculate pastel colour illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 9-206pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters and a Postscript, profuse full- colour single,double and 3/4 page coLour illustrations and profuse colour vignettes in text body too,all by Michael Foreman,throughout the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title,colour vignetted title page,colour vignetted dedication page,and illustrated contents list/table similarly illustrated. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in.Johnny was a bell-boy,you see,and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room. But Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth,a spirited American heiress. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny - and Kaspar - all around the world,surviving theft,shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the way. Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around.After all, he's Kaspar Kandinsky,Prince of Cats,a Muscovite,a Londoner and a New Yorker,and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic. . . . Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers,please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after the order's receipt and before it's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or post FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **