8.75" (22 cm) Tall Coded First Edition Pictorial DJ price clipped, else fine. Book is clean, tight, bright, without evidence of reading wear. Novel about relationship between boy and wild otter. 186 pp. Farm dogs attack young otter, who is saved by runaway boy. The boy and the otter, named Lut, embark on a quest to find a mate for the otter, and encounter adventures along the way. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/140031.jpg

8.00" (20 cm) Tall DJ is soiled overall with light shelf wear. Book cover has light wear to edges but is square with sharp corners. Tight binding & hinges, clean & bright pages. Endpapers darkened. Book appears never to have been read. 55 pp. Inspirational poetry with spiritual themes by High Point College (now University) English professor. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/050006.jpg

8.25" (21 cm) Tall DJ has minor edge wear but no chipping. One closed tear at top front, less than 1/2 inch. Book is square, clean, tight with bright pages, sharp corners, no writing in volume. Religious book discussing Jesus Christ and the meaning of the Resurrection. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/100013.jpg

7.5" (19 cm) Tall Wraps have minor damp staining at top edges, light edge rubbing. Pages clean and bright. 22 pp. booklet style. Staples rusting. Commentary on the history of Harper's Magazine. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/100036.jpg

8.25" (21 cm) Tall Stated First Edition Green pictorial wraps have minor wear with a small chip at top front corner near flap. Book has a bit of discoloration on outside from dampstaining, but no warping or major damage. Interior clean and bright with tight hinges and binding. Across pages (visible only when book is closed) is a publisher's stamp: "reading copy." Short (38pp) novel about marriage, faith, ambition, and loss. Christian wife seeks to make a success of marriage to an atheistic husband, a professional singer with radical political views. Her faith alienates her from his lifestyle, or perhaps vice versa. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/100040.jpg

6.00" (15 cm) Tall Leather over spine is missing; paper over boards worn at edges. Binding and hinges tight. Pages foxed, more significantly toward front of book. Illus. full-page woodcut engravings. Frontispiece also woodcut engraving. Inside front cover is writing "Episcopal S. S. Library No. 363," on ffep a child has tipped in a frame surrounding a picture of a lamb. Book introducing small children to familiar Bible stories such as Noah and the flood, Moses in the bulrushes, Joseph sold into Egypt, and more. Also introduces terms like "hallow" to small children, in order to prepare them for scriptural study. Presented as a children's story with Biblical stories and terms interwoven. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/100045.jpg

12.75" (32 cm) Tall Small (approx. 1/2 inch--1 cm) tear at spine, general light shelf wear. Interior slightly off-white and clean, no evidence of reading wear. Anthology of children's poetry and prose about animals with accompanying full color art. 20 pp. plus wraps. For early readers. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/140015.jpg

8.00" (20 cm) Tall Original 25c on front. Pictorial paper over boards is soiled, with edgewear. Small plastic magnifying glass originally included in book is missing. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Pages tanned. Last page maze filled out by child reader long ago. 24 pp. Two children follow clues as they search for a cat who has hidden in their house. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/140016.jpg

11.0" (28 cm) Tall Book has all stickers in place, and no evidence of use or wear. Pages are a bit darkened. Well preserved example of the "pushout and paste without paste" activity books that were just beginning to come onto the scene in the early baby boom era. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/140020.jpg

11.0" (28 cm) Tall A never-used book, with all stickers in place, no wear, clean pages. Very well preserved example of the "push out and paste without paste" pre-school activity book popular in the 1950s. 8 pp. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/140021.jpg