"The Cats' Arabian Nights or King Grimalkum", by Abby Morton Diaz, illustrated by Francis, Boz, Palmer Cox and others, published by D. Lothrop Company, Boston, copyright 1881. Contains 16 cat stories, fully illustrated with c.100 b/w engravings.

One evening when a company of children and older people were looking at funny cat-pictures and telling cat-stories, a little ten-year-old girl asked, 'Why can there not be a 'Cats' Arabian Nights Story Book?'. Cousin Lucia said she was willing to try, and thus it happened that the summer-children and others got a story book beginning, as all story books should begin, with -- "once upon a time..."

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------- $15.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50

Full-color pictorial hard boards [some wear- see pictures], inscription dated 1897 on the front endpaper, 6.1/2" x 8.1/2", 227 pages, c. 100 b/w illustrations, a little soiling, very good condition.