THE WHITE KITTEN BOOK

New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Near fine.. Beautiful first US edition, a departure from Aldin's usual canine subjects. The narration and illustrations of this story are both credited to a little white kitten named Snow, who gets up to a variety of adorable hijinks. 9'' x 8.5''. Cloth backed color pictoral boards. Twelve color full-page illustrations on thick brown paper with black and white frontis and line illustrations throughout. [56] pages. Ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1911 on front flyleaf, Philadelphia toy shop ticket on rear pastedown. Edges very lightly rubbed, else an exceptional copy.