Isbn: 9780394423340 - ship's cat (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Alan Aldridge (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Alan Aldridge (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Alan Aldridge (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Alan Aldridge (illustrator).

First US printing. The title continues "Together with the most lamentable losse of the Alcestis & triumphant firing of the Port of Chagres," Written in verse by Richard Adams (best known as the author of 'Watership Down') and illustrated by Aldridge in full-color, full-page paintings. A story of high adventure on the seas in the days of Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare and of a magnificent brave cat who escapes from a Spanish dungeon and joins forces with Sir Richard Drake. Large format, unpaginated. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown).…

unmarked bright sharp. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First American. First American Edition 1977. VG+/VG+From the author of Watership Down.".The cat frees his shipmates and together they manage to steal a ship, with the intent to sail back to England. Their acts are soon detected by the gaoler and his friends, who give chase until they come across Sir Francis Drake, who is just starting on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Free of their pursuers, the cat reveals to the rest of the crew that their stolen ship contained treasure, to the crew's joy. The book ends with the crew returning home, where Queen Elizabeth I knights the cat for his valor.". Alan Aldridge with Harry Willock (illustrator).…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: FINE. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to photographer and fine-press publisher, Stathis Orphanos, d. 1982 in Mountain View, CA. Unpaginated, glossy printed hardcovers. FINE in FINE jacket. Adams, best known for his epic novel Watership Down, was also fond of short stories and tales, one of which, 'The Legend of Te Tuna' was published by Sylvester and Orphanos. Alan Aldridge (illustrator).…