Patricia Highsmith - Ripley Under Ground - 1971
編號 79943973
Elizabeth Coatsworth / Kiddell Monroe (ill) - The Cat Who Went to Heaven - 1949
編號 79943973
Elizabeth Coatsworth / Kiddell Monroe (ill) - The Cat Who Went to Heaven - 1949
"The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth and illustrated by Kiddell Monroe - London: J.M. Dent - 1949 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: book in very good condition, with all illustrations present, in original glassine dustwrapper with some chipping
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN is framed as a Japanese Buddhist folktale, and follows a down-on-his-luck painter who gains a new lease on life when his cook adopts a calico cat. Lynd Ward's illustrations for this story are a departure from his more well-known woodcuts, and mimic the ukiyo-e style in which the painter character executes his masterpiece