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Orlando's magic carpet / by Kathleen Hale

Kathleen Hale

RA Collection: Book

Record number

11/2055

Author

Edition

First edition

Imprint

London: John Murray, Albermarle St. W.1., 1958

Physical Description

30 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 x 23 cm.

General Note

"Drawings by the Author on `Plastocowell’ and Lithographed by W. S. Cowell Ltd at the Butter Market, Ipswich.” [Front pastedown].
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.

References

Hahn, Daniel (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 433. ISBN 9780199695140.
Carey, Frances & Tempest-Radford, Hugh, `Plastocowell and Orlando the Marmalade Cat.' Print Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3 (September 2002), pp. 278-280.

Binding Note

Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards.

Subject

Illustrated books
Children's stories
Picture books
Auto-lithographs

Contributors

Kathleen Hale, publisher
John Murray (London), publisher
W.S. Cowell Limited, printer