lives lost de cullen countee cat christopher (8 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. Originally published during Cullen's stint as a junior high school teacher, where he mentored James Baldwin, and when he wrote two books for young adults including this witty and engaging novel based on his own cat. Narrated by the cat, with suspense, life reflections, and humor as the cat tries to avoid losing his ninth and final life. A lovely paperback collectible by the cornerstone Harlem Renaissance poet, playwright, novelist and early writer of racial identity and injustice. Very tight, square and probably unread, a minute scratch and a tiny surface rub to the rear cover, else near fine in glossy stiff-card wraps with front cover photo-illustration of a kitten & butterfly; code 09189 and .95c price to the front cover, all page edges red. Mass-market paperback.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Paperback. Curtis Books. Collection of stories about Christopher Cat and his nine lives. Very good condition. Faint edge-wear on front and back covers. Reader's crease along spine-edge of front cover. Spine has slight slant. Two reader's creases down spine. Yellowing on spine-edge of back cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Price clipped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Solid binding; Pages free of markings; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Bennett, Rainey (illustrateur). 1st This Edition. Brown hardcover boards binding clean square and tight - slight smudge ffep. DJ has minor wear at corners. 221 pages. Christopher Cat is enjoying his ninth - and last life, which in his opinion is guarded much too carefully by Mitzi a beautiful Persian. His previous eight lives = some brief, some longer - were filled with adventure and romance. His curiosity was his undoing in each of those lives, which is recounted with humor and wit. Book written in a unique man-cat language; delightful illustrations throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HARDCOVER. Etat : FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. SECOND EDITION. ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAINEY BENNETT / ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY HARPER IN 1942 THIS IS THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FOLLETT EDITION PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BLACK SPINE TITLES. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH A TRACE OF CORNER RUB, A COUPLE OF SHORT EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Robert Reid Macguire. Tall octavo. Contemporary owner name front fly, a little spotting on the foredge else near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with modest chips on the spine ends and a split at the frotn spine-fold. Children's book by the noted African-American poet, of a cat reminiscing about its previous eight lives. Scarce.