I'll Tell You A Tale Father Tuck's "Furry Mascot" Series

London. Paris. New York.: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1924. Presumed First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fair to Good but Complete copy of a Very RARE LOUIS WAIN title. In the 'Father Tuck's "Furry Mascot" Series'. NOT to be confused with the later 'The Children's Favourite' which has a different Cat on the front and NO movable tail and totally different content. Decorated paper boards and a cloth spine with black titling. The covers are very worn at the edges and particularly to the corners, which are worn away through to the board, some of which has flaked away. This cover, which despite the wear/marks is overall clean, depicts a Cat with a MOVABLE TAIL & shiny eyes, nose/mouth. This book is one of 6 volumes with patented BLACK "VELVETTE" silhouette animals and MOVABLE parts. 48 text pp + full colour frontispiece (bottom inner corner very creased) and one other full page colour plate. 16 other pages with added colour, the rest all illustrated in b/w - ALL illustrations by LOUIS WAIN. 1 page Tuck Catalogue at the end. Letterpress size 8.5" x 10.5". Cat tales throughout in both prose and verse, and with illustrations to every page, all by LOUIS WAIN. NO Date shown, but research gives it as circa 1915 to 1924. Internally there are NO inscriptions, but it looks as if the inner hinges have been re-glued at some point. Throughout the book the front page edges have some light staining, and there is some 'thumbing' and a few marks here and there all the way through, but no childs colouring or major damage/loss at all, and o/w all complete and relatively clean. Louis William Wain (1860-1939) was an acclaimed English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. VERY SCARCE. See Images. ; Father Tuck's "Furry Mascot" Series; 4to 10" - 11" tall .