Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, 1975.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Yellow wraps with black & red lettering over brown illustration on front cover. The trade edition, although the previous owner has laid in a xerox of the cat photo from the limited edition (not a good xerox). Very minor fading toward edges of wraps.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright (1910-). The Cat's Meow / Wright Morris. Los Angeles : Black Sparrow Press, 1975.
Price: US$9.81 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 25 pages; Physical desc.: 25 p. Subjects: Western stories. West (U. S. ) --Social life and customs--Fiction. Limited ; "200 copies sewn in paper wrappers." 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Each cover has a very small tear to the lower edge. Covers are slightly smudged. ; Approx. 7" wide by 10 1/4". Limited to 200 copies sewn in paper wrappers. ; 27 pages
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$11.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 28685 shelf. Slim booklet. Aged pictorial yellow covers. No names, clean text. Printed by Noel Young, one of two hundred copies sewn in paper wrappers 25 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright. CAT'S MEOW.|THE. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1975.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 25, (3) pages. One of 200 paperbound copies (Morrow and Cooney 217).
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, 1975.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: 25 pages. Printed by Noel Young. Limited to 200 copies in sewn paper wrappers. First edition (first printing). Some toning to spine and light spotting to rear cover, thus a near fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$16.46 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy, one of an edition of 200.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Morris, Wright (1910-). The Cat's Meow / Wright Morris. Los Angeles : Black Sparrow Press, 1975.
Price: US$20.74 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 25 pages; Physical desc.: 25 p. Subjects: Western stories. West (U. S. ) --Social life and customs--Fiction. Limited ; "200 copies sewn in paper wrappers." 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MORRIS, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1975.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 25 pp. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 200 copies. Morrow & Cooney 217a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
MORRIS, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1975.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: First printing. One of 200 copies in sewn wrappers (of a total edition of 325). A fresh, apparently unread copy; Fine.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1975., 1975.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 200 copies in wraps published simultaneously with 125 hard cover copies. Printed by Noel Young and designed by Barbara Martin. Yellow wrappers are decorated in red, brown, and black. Fine in a fine acetate dust jacket.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., 25 pp., Very Good+, Soft Cover paper wrappers sewn chapbook, one of 200 copies, finely printed, typography by Graham Mackintosh, design by Barbara Martin.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., 25 pp., Very Good+, Soft Cover paper wrappers sewn chapbook, one of 200 copies, finely printed, typography by Graham Mackintosh, design by Barbara Martin.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Very Good+, Paper Wraps. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 200 copies sewn in paper wrappers. Signed by author on FFEP.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. THE CAT'S MEOW.. BLACK SPARROW. LOS ANGELES 1975, 1975.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in self-folding printed wrappers. One of only 200 copies.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
MORRIS, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1975.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to. 25 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Very near fine clear acetate dust a jacket (two tiny chips). One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Morris with his original photograph print (of a cat meowing) as a frontis.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
MORRIS, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Quarto. 27pp. Quarter cloth in illustrated yellow boards with frontispiece consists of an original silver photograph of the author's cat. Fine in fine unprinted dust jacket. Limited 125 copies Signed and numbered with an original photograph by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MORRIS, WRIGHT. The Cat's Meow (signed, limited edition). Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: #125 of 125 copies signed by the author. FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, IN NEAR-FINE ACETATE COVER. Original photo tipped in.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris (Wright). The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1975. First edition., 1975.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Original decorative boards, patterned cloth spine with printed paper label. Copy number 31 of 125 copies bound in boards, signed by Morris, and with an original photo by him tipped in, a silver print of a cat used as the frontispiece. The entire edition was 325 copies; 200 were issued in wrappers. This is one of the 125 in boards. A fine copy in original glasine.
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow (Signed). Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small hardbound quarto in clear acetate wrapper. A 25 pp short story. This is copy 53 of 125 special copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, numbered and SIGNED by the author, each containing an original photograph by Wright Morris. A fine copy.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Very Good, Decorative Cloth on Decorative Boards; binding loose. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 125 special handbound copies in boards by Earle Gray numbered ("113") and signed by author, each containing an original Morris Photograph (on Frontispiece). Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Near Fine, Decorative Cloth on Decorative Boards. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 125 special handbound copies in boards by Earle Gray numbered ("112") and signed by author, each containing an original Morris Photograph (on Frontispiece). Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Near Fine, Decorative Cloth on Decorative Boards. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 125 special handbound copies in boards by Earle Gray numbered ("121") and signed by author, each containing an original Morris Photograph (on Frontispiece). Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Near Fine, Decorative Cloth on Decorative Boards. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 125 special handbound copies in boards by Earle Gray numbered ("116") and signed by author, each containing an original Morris Photograph (on Frontispiece). Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
MORRIS, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1975.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 25 pp. Light foxing along the top edges, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page and SIGNED by Morris with an original Morris photograph of a black cat tipped-on as a frontis.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright. The Cat's Meow. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Tall 8vo, 25 pp., One of 125 special copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, numbered and signed by the author, each containing an original photograph by Wright Morris Fine copy in the original acetate wrapper
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press., 1975.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 25 pp. Near Fine, Decorative Cloth on Decorative Boards. Printed 1975 in Santa Barbara for the Black Sparrow Press by Noel Young. Typograph by Graham Mackintosh. Design by Barbara Martin. One of 125 special handbound copies in boards by Earle Gray numbered ("120") and signed by author, each containing an original Morris Photograph (on Frontispiece). Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Morris, Wright.. The Cat's Meow.. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1975.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Edition. Copy number 1 of 5 copies for Presentation, as annotated on the Colophon, also SIGNED by Morris. A Very Fine copy in brown-sepia batik cloth over pale tan decorated paper covered boards, in a Fine clear unprinted acetate dustwrapper. 25pp. with an original photographic print tipped on to the Frontispiece (of a black cat). A short story. Q12878
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.