Author: Wain, Louis; and Floyd, Grace C.
Title: Pussies at Work. By Louis Wain.
Description: New York, London, Paris: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. circa [1900]. [1900]. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stiff pictorial wraps with a bright chromolithographic illustration by Louis Wain of a mother cat sewing a patch on a kitten's pants while the kitten looks on pictured on the front cover. A chromolithographic illustration of a sailor cat swabbing a ship's deck is pictured on the rear cover. The covers are soiled with a small chip out of the bottom corner of the front cover. The spine is rubbed and split along the bottom half. [16] unnumbered pages, including the covers, with textual illustrations in 2 colors and 4 bright full-page chromolithographs by Louis Wain. The pages are slightly soiled. Very good.

"Father Tucks Nursery Tales Series 2", "No. 6364".

Text by Grace C. Floyd with illustrations by Louis Wain portraying "The Cat Crew" (sailor cats), "Painting Pictures (cat as artist), "Rubby Scrubby" (laundress cat), "The School Mistress", "The Carpenter Cat", "The Nursemaid", "The Kitchen Maid" and "Clever Cats". Very good .

Keywords: CHILDRENS BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; PUSSIES AT WORK; LOUIS WAIN; GRACE C. FLOYD; RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO., LTD.; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS; THE CAT CREW; SAILORS; PAINTING PICTURES; RUBBY SCRUBBY; LAUNDRESS; SCHOOL MISTRESS; CARPENTER CAT

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