Orlando, the marmalade cat : a camping holiday / by Kathleen Hale

Kathleen Hale

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/567

Author

Edition

First edition

Imprint

London; New York: Country Life; Charles Scribner's Sons, [1938?]

Physical Description

[32] pages colour illustrations 37 cm.

General Note

Orlando (the marmalade cat) is the subject of the series (of the same name) of 19 illustrated children's books written by Kathleen Hale between 1938 and 1972. In this tale, the first in the series, London-born Orlando, with his master, is on his way to a relaxing seaside vacation when he accidentally ends up on the wrong ship and heads for France where his adventures begin.

References

Hahn, Daniel (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 433. ISBN 9780199695140.

Copy Note

No publication-date is given. The book was first published in 1938. This copy carries a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper dated Easter 1941.

Binding Note

Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards.

Subject

Illustrated books
Children's stories
Picture books
Auto-lithographs

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