SYMONDS, John

SYMONDS, John and Gerard HOFFNUNG. The Isle of Cats

London, Werner Laurie, 1955.

£150

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 49, 5 full-page coloured plates and numerous b&w illustrations throughout (in three quarter-, half- and quarter page and full-page size). Blue buckram with a cat stamped in black on the left cover, lettering stamped to spine in black. Original dust jacket a little worn along edges and lightly yellowed. Inscribed by the author with dedication on verso of half-title: “To Henrietta Mayer / with love from / John / Christmas 1955”.