The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. Based on the Poem by Edward Lear [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First revised edition, first printing. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated dust-jacket over illustrated paper covered boards. Inside of front board signed by Hilary Knight. Illustrated endpapers and title-page. Fascinating and enchanting work in which Knight places Lear's fanciful poem inside another story, in which young Otto and Polly, attending professor Comfort's story and Music Hour, are magically transformed into the title characters until called home for dinner. Dust-Jacket, binding and interior in near fine to fine condition. (Inventory #: 26801)