The Maltese Cat

Kipling, Rudyard

ISBN 10: 0932433936 / ISBN 13: 9780932433930

Published by Windswept House, 1988

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1st Windswept House edition, hardcover quarter-bound in dark blue patterned paper and light blue paper covered boards, with a gilt title. Spine ends lightly rubbed, lower tips lightly bumped, upper tips still sharp. Unpaginated (approx. 50 pages) is crisp and tight with no writing, highlighting, or soil inside. Original dj is clipped, with negligible surface soil on the white background, displays well in new mylar. "They had good reason to be proud and better reason to be afraid, all twelve of them, for, though they had fought their way, game by game, up the line of teams entered for the polo tournament, they were meeting the Archangels that afternoon in the final match" So begins Rudyard Kipling's wonderful tale "The Maltese Cat," which has all the verve and vigor associated with the author's best-loved stories. Set in India, this account of an "underdog" team of polo ponies pitted against a superior force will keep its readers on the edge of their saddles. The Maltese Cat, a small gray polo pony, plays the starring role, leading the Wuddars' team down the dusty playing field. Preface by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Introduction by Lowell McAllister, Director, Frederic Remington Art Museum. An Appendix provides the rules for playing polo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Maltese Cat
• Publisher: Windswept House
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932433936
• ISBN 13: 9780932433930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Remington, Frederic
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 4 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • POLO

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Synopsis

The Maltese Cat, a polo pony living among the British in India, achieves glory and honor in the big game against the Archangels