Pekoo, The Cat Who Talks | Pikou, le Chat Qui Parle; Illustrations: G. Brender à Brandis
Carlisle, Ontario: Brandstead Press, 1971. Octavo, 24.8 x 16.3 cm. Cased in quarter maroon leather and red buckram over boards. The spine is titled in gilt; the spine is also decorated in gilt with paletted horizontal single-lines across the head and foot. Self-ends. Printed on double-leaves. Unpaginated [ll. 1: front self-end pastedown, followed by ll. 16 on double-leaves; + ll. 3: single-leaves, including rear integral pastedown]. A few faint scuffs to the leather on both covers. Minor offsetting and toning along from the turn-ins along the top and bottom of the endleaves. A fine, internally clean and bright 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 1. Item #335
Price: $105.00