Space Cat and the Kittens by buy Ruthven Todd

Space Cat and the Kittens by Ruthven Todd. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, Original copy from 1958. Very Collectible.

Vintage original hardcover measures 6-1/4 x 8-1/4" in "good" vintage condition, with some wear on spine and 2-3 pages. Wonderfully illustrated by Paul Galdone with 94 pages. No names, no writings. Former library, with typical library marks/stamps. In a new mylar cover.

Ruthven Todd was a poet, author of children's books, and a member of the surrealist school of art. He also wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym R.T. Campbell.

Space Cat and his Martian wife Moofa, with Colonel Fred Stone and their two lively kittens, take a break in their routine Earth-Moon trips for a more thrilling visit to one of the planets Alpha Centauri.

In this distant solar system they have the most remarkable and amusing adventures. The planet is of the same type as Earth but there is something very different about it, so everyone on the space ship Einstein is buy in for a great many surprises, some pleasant, some unpleasant - all exciting.

"Paul Galdone's pictures, especially of the kittens in their space suits, have humor and imagination to match the text." -- Saturday Review Flyball, the famous Space Cat, is a father now! He and Moofa, the last of the Martian fishing cats, are the proud parents of a pair of mischievous, fun-loving kittens, Marty and Tailspin. The whole family joins Colonel Fred Stone and a new friend, Bill, on a mission to Alpha Centauri to seek out places where humans can live. Along the way, the crew makes an amazing discovery -- a planet abounding in iguanodons, pterodactyls, tyrannosauri, and a host of other prehistoric creatures. "Paul Galdone's pictures . have humor and imagination to match the text," noted the Saturday Review of this charmingly illustrated storybook, the last of a four-book series starring the intrepid feline known as Space Cat. Young readers will delight in taking a look at space exploration from Flyball's point of view and following his escapades across the solar system.

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