8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) 1st trade edition after the limited edition: "This

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) 1st trade edition after the limited edition: "This edition first published in 1992 by Viking Penguin" then a line of numbers arranged beneath: 3579108642. The "1" is not there but the number line is centred symmetrically on the line indicated first publication so I assume that it is the first printing. Owner's name and date in attractive cursive script. no other markings, Near Fine; no dust jacket as published; no illus. There is a photo fo Burroughs and his cat Fletch to the back cover. He writes about the cats in his life: "I am cast in the role of the Guardian, to cteate and nurture a creature that is part cat, part human, and part something else as yet unimaginable, which might result from a union that has not taken place for millions of years". (1.3 JM LVR 206/b1)

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Uncorrected proof. 94pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Very faint discoloration

Uncorrected proof. 94pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Very faint discoloration on front cover, a couple tiny bumps on rear wrap near the crown, near fine. Burroughs' discourse on cats with an account of his unexpected friendship with an orphaned cat named Ruski.