Antique Cats

116 full-color photographs of cats appearing in scores of different ads and promotions created over the last century make this the purrfect book for cat lovers and collectors of cat memorabilia! 116 full-color photographs.

A companion piece to the popular The Cat Made Me Buy It!, bringing us from Victorian times to the present--from the Dubonnet cat to Morris the Cat. 110 full-color illustrations.

Olivia Meynell is the author of many short stories for women's magazines as well as a children's book. An environmental advocate and animal-rescue activist, she is a member of Cats Protection, a feline welfare charity; the Countryside Restoration Trust, a farming and conservation charity; the Woodland Trust, a woodland conservation charity.

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

Joelle Herr is a freelance writer who has authored several previous Running Press mini kits including, The Stress Buster Box, Candidate in a Box, and Magnetic Sculpture. She lives in New York City.

Tara Jean Coe-McRitchie has been a collector of cats and Fenton glass for many years. She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Fenton Association and has written articles for their newsletter, The Nor'Wester. She also is a teacher of elementary students.

A VICTORIAN CELEBRATION

PARLOR CATS

As with the Queen, so with the Empire: when Victoria revealed a love for cats, her people elevated their tabby mousers to a position unrivaled since ancient Egypt. Celebrating that great era of ailurophilia are Cynthia Hart and John Grossman, the arbiters of Victoriana whose books include A Victorian Scrapbook, Joy to the World, and Forget-Me-Nots, as well as the best-selling Victoriana Calendar.

Peeking out from lushly layered collages, here are endearing Victorian cats drawn from a museum-quality collection of antique paper ephemera and surrounded by the spirited tale of a feline renaissance that spread from Buckingham Palace to the parlors of Boston. Generously quoting poetry, nursery rhymes, Godey's Lady's Book, and popular authors such as Edward Lear and Rudyard Kipling, each precious page of PARLOR CATS evokes in image and word an age that personified the cat as the epitome of domestic virtue.

CYNTHIA HART runs a studio in New York City specializing in product design and photo art direction.

JOHN GROSSMAN is owner/curator of the John Grossman Collection of Antique Images, with more than 50,000 pieces. He is also president of The Gifted Line, a nationally known gift paper company.

JOSEPHINE BANKS is an art historian and animal behavior expert. She is the author of six books, including You Can Train Your Cat.

'Libby Hall's collection of antique photographs celebrating the bond between man and his best friend has revived a forgotten market' Telegraph Magazine on POSTCARD DOGS 'A wonderful Christmas gift for dog lovers' Teacher on POSTCARD DOGS 'Hugely charming' Sunday Times on POSTCARD DOGS 'A charming glimpse into British life a century ago' Daily Mail on POSTCARD DOGS