James Joyce — The Cat and the Devil

London, Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A superb first edition of this brightly illustrated short story for children from Irish writer James Joyce. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour pages and numerous in-text images. Not typically considered a writer of children's stories, Joyce wrote this work as a letter to his grandson Stephen. He retells the story of the cat of Beaugency, a town on the Loire, and the difficulties the town experienced when the Devil came to stay. Written by James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic. Illustrated by Gerald Hembdon Seymour Rose, a British illustrator of children's books. In the original full paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Gerald Rose. Near Fine/Near Fine.