signed first edition
1967 · Boston
by Bacon, Peggy
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition (stated). Fine in very good jacket.. Inscribed first printing of the book about a ghost cat and a haunted house, notoriously scarce in this edition and even moreso signed. 8'' x 5.5''. Original cloth green cloth stamped in magenta including vignette of a sleeping cat. In original unclipped ($4.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Bacon with 16 full-page, 20 half-page and numerous smaller black-and-white illustrations throughout. [8], 243, [1] pages. Inscribed by Bacon on front endpaper. Jacket with shallow chipping at spine ends and rubbing alone edges and folds, some sunning to spine and rear panel.
(Inventory #: 37375)