PUSS IN BOOTS AND OTHER STORIES
by VARIOUS NA
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: A. L. BURT COMPANY, 1890 BEAUTIFUL COVER, LIGHTLY WORN, GRAY WITH ORANGE DECORATION AND PICTURE FRONT, FRONTISPIECE SHOWS COLOR PUSS IN BOOTS, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK PICTURES THROUGHOUT. 39 STORIES THROUGHOUT. GREAT OLD STORIES THAT ARE QUITE INTERESTING. SOME ARE THE TRUE STORY OF LIONS, SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT FORGET, SEEING THE WORLD, A PET MULE, PETE'S DIARY, THE DOLLS CHRISTMAS PARTY AND MANY OTHERS. Master Cat, or The Booted Cat" (Italian: Il gatto con gli stivali; French: Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté), commonly known in English as "Puss in Boots", is an Italian and later European literary fairy tale about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. The oldest telling is by Italian author Giovanni Francesco Straparola, who included it in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola (c. 15501553) in XIVXV. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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- Bookseller
- Antique Books Den (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001596
- Title
- PUSS IN BOOTS AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- VARIOUS NA
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. L. BURT COMPANY
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PUSS IN BOOTS, STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Fiction; Famous Authors;
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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