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BACON, PEGGY. The Ghost of Opalina or Nine Lives.
Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. 1967. First Edition with statement: "First Edition" and "Printed in the United States of America" on the copyright page. With charming black and white illustrations by Peggy Bacon throughout. "The drawing on the front of this jacket, and the subtitle above, make it quite clear that the story of Opalina involves a cat. It can even be assumed to contain a ghost cat....this is more than the story of a haunted house; it is the story of the haunt. And what a delectable, willful, all-seeing, unpredictable haunt this eighteenth-century White Persian proves to be..." A splendid copy of the book in its original dustjacket. Bound in finely woven grayish-green cloth and stamped brightly in red ink on the front boards and the spine. Superbly clean and tight throughout, the book appears unread. With the original pictorial dustjacket featuring Peggy Bacon's drawing of Opalina, the White Persian cat on the front panel. And a drawing of children in a cave on the rear panel. With edge-rubbing and light wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends; some light chips and wear to the corners. Light abrading to the top half of the inside rear dustjacket flap. The original price of $4.95 is at the top of the inside front flap of the dustjacket. Overall, a superb copy of the book in a very good plus dustjacket.
Offered for US$ 350.00 by: Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books - Book number: 7003
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