Pekoo, The Cat Who Talks | Pikou, le Chat Qui Parle; Illustrations: G. Brender à Brandis
Carlisle, Ontario: Brandstead Press, 1971. Octavo, 25.1 x 17.1 cm. Cased in full light blue paper over boards. The upper cover is printed with the title, fleurons, and a linocut vignette of a cat by Gerard Brender à Brandis in black. The lower cover is printed in black with a single printer’s ornament depicting an open book. Self-ends. Printed on double-leaves. Unpaginated [ll. 1: front self-end pastedown, followed by ll. 17 on double-leaves; + ll. 1: rear self-end pastedown]. A few subtle spots to the covers; small nicks and bumps to the spine ends: the nicks are more pronounced at the head of the spine and measure roughly 5mm on each side. The corners are bumped and rubbed. Mild rubbing and what appears to be some spots of worming along the board edges. The covering paper turn-ins, page edges, and endleaves are spotted; the pages themselves, however, are clean and bright, with only a few spots along the fore-edges. The sewing is a little loose in places. Still, a better than good copy. The text was handset in Della Robbia and Kennerley Old Style types and printed on Oxford Book paper. The text is illustrated with 25 linocuts, including the title-page vignette, by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Two of the blocks span spreads and one was hand coloured in brown, orange, and tan. From an edition of 250 copies, this being number 166. Item #332
Price: $85.00