Old & Rare
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
KEATS, Ezra Jack. Hi, Cat! NY: Macmillan, 1970. Oblong 8vo, [32]pp. Color pictorial boards with beige cloth spine stamped in black. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. Lower edge a bit rubbed, else a near fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (very slight edge wear).
First edition. In this companion to The Snowy Day and its sequels, Archie is on his way to meet Peter when he sees a stray cat. “Hi, Cat!” he says. An the next thing Archie knows, the cat is following him everywhere! The sixth book set in Peter’s world.