[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DEEDY, Carmen Agra and Randall WRIGHT. The Cheshire Cheese Cat. A Dickens of a Tale. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 2011.
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[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DEEDY, Carmen Agra and Randall WRIGHT. The Cheshire Cheese Cat. A Dickens of a Tale. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 2011.
8vo. Illustrated after pencil drawings by Barry Moser. original boards; dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, second printing, of this tale in which community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London's Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY SEVEN ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS, including unused versions, each 291x 221 mm, on archival tracing paper. Includes 2 unused portraits of Dickens, unused portrait of Wilkie Collins, and some characters from Dickens stories.
[With:] 4 foreign language translations, including Japanese and French.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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