Tiggy by Miss Read, First Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clare Dawson (illustrator). First U.K. Edition. Clean unmarked copy, some rubbing to back panel of the dust jacket, dj in a protective mylar sleeve.

Condition: Very Good. Dawson, Clare (illustrator). First edition. Hardback. Octavo. 61pp. Original blue boards with gilt spine titles. Near fine in near very good indeed slightly edge and spine faded, price- clipped dust jacket. Gift inscription to pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dawson, Clare (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£1.00). Signed, dated and dedicated (To Rose) by the author in black ink directly to front end-paper. Illustrated by Clare Dawson. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small (approx. 1cm) tears, patchy creasing/rubbing to edges, few marks, patchy browning (including to spine), mild foxing, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, very small patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few small marks/patchy browning/few spots of foxing to reverse (white side), little creasing/rubbing/minor foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Odd small marks/(quite) heavy foxing to top edge of pages. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Very occasional small marks/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clare Dawson (illustrator). First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked light blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor crease to top of spine and some sunning/slight foxing. 60pp. Miss Read's true story of the loss of her cat Timmy and the arrival in winter of another cat Tig with her six hungry kittens. As Miss Read puts it, many a human parent could profit from this cat's example of how to raise a family successfully in the face of heavy odds. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Dawson, Clare (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. Scarce 1st UK Edition. Includes 12+ black & white illustrations. All pages are clean and white. 60 pages. Blue cloth binding with gilt title and black cat illustrations on spine. DJ has few small stains, but is otherwise in great condition. Price clipped. FINE/VG+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Michael Joseph, UK, 1971, Hardback with dj.'Tiggy' by Miss Read (Dora Saint). This book is a First edition. A sweet account of Tiggy, the mother cat who has six hungry kittens to feed and who seeks out Miss Read. Dj bears a lovely illustration of Tiggy and her kittens to the front. Not price clipped. Some of the white background to dj is age toned with light age spots to back but overall, a pretty dj. A touch of run to top and bottom of spine. Contents: brief name to front otherwise clean and unmarked. Charming illustrations by Clare Dawson. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.