Published by R. Worthington, New York, 1883
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. OCLC 63260244; six chromolithographs by Hatch, Lith. Co; 60pp with marvelous cat illustration on almost every page and six really sharp lithos by Hatch. Books is very good -- boards worn on the edges, some soiling (dirty little fingers) but binding is tight and contents generally very good. Previous owner's neat 1893 Christmas inscription, offsetting from the lithos. A nice copy of a scarce and fun cat book. This lithos are wonderful.
Published by Lee and Shepard ; Charles T. Dillingham, Boston, New York, 1889
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. Folio; 35 cm. Publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gilt. All edges gilt. Solid binding. Corners bumped, minor fray. Library blindstamp on title. 90 pages, 24 chromolithographic plates. This was the first color plate book on orchids published by an American. "This is the ranking work on the subject, and very striking" (Bennett, American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books p 78). Nissen BBI, 1382 (first edition of 1885).