Author: Ted Hughes Title: The Cat and the Cuckoo
Description: Brookfield , Roaring Book Press , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of the first US edition of this endearing collection of children's poems by the acclaimed poet Ted Hughes. The first US edition of this work. Originally published in 1987, this edition in 2002 in the UK by Faber and Faber. With illustrations by Flora McDonnell. A charming collection of illustrated poems for children featuring animal characters including an otter, a dragonfly, a cow, a robin, and many other creatures of land, sea, and air. By Ted Hughes, one of the foremost poets of the natural world. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full pictorial cloth binding over laminated boards. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only, minor handling marking internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated in black and white in text. Fine . Ill.: Flora McDonnell. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: ted hughes first editions poetry children's first editions Flora McDonnell
Price: GBP 36.00 = appr. US$ 51.41 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 810A82
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