SYMONDS, John and Gerard HOFFNUNG. The Isle of Cats
London, Werner Laurie, 1955.
£350
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 and soiled. Inscribed by the author and dedicated to his second-born son: “To my little Tommy / (a story about his brother / gabby and our cat / uncle Tom) / with much love / from his Daddy / 23 Feb. 1956”.