The Cat Fancier; A Guide to Catland Postcards

Longman, London & New York, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by authors, Introduction: The Cat at Home, and The Cat Away, acknowledgements list of illustrations, Catalogue Guide to Major Artists' Work and List of Cat Postcard Artists. The text is illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of Postcards and a section of eight double page coloured reproductions of Postcards. Illustrated front cover, showing a stylised black cat against a silver and red coloured background with black and yellow coloured decoration to the edge of the front panel. Black and red coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel at the back strip and to the book corners. Fading of the back strip. A few marks to the laminate of the front and back book panels. Internally the book is clean and tight. " The Cat Fancier is primarily a book for the postcard collector, or perhaps more correctly, the aspiring postcard collector; who is only now just discovering the world of Mrs Tabitha or The Fluffykins Family. It is of course also book for the cat owner or fancier, as the name suggests." -- from foreword page 5. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Reference; Collectables; ISBN: 0582503124. ISBN/EAN: 9780582503120. Inventory No: 0105686. . 9780582503120