Burroughs is best known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of Naked Lunch, but he has another side. America's leading literary outlaw writes with unexpected tenderness and signature intensity about his, and our, "animal others"--a meditation on the long, mysterious relationship between cats and their human hosts. Endpaper drawings.
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Burroughs is best known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of Naked Lunch, but he has another side. America's leading literary outlaw writes with unexpected tenderness and signature intensity about his, and our, "animal others"--a meditation on the long, mysterious relationship between cats and their human hosts. Endpaper drawings.
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Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $8.28, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $8.28, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $8.28, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $14.95, very good condition, Sold by JWMah rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking Penguin.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) 1st trade edition after the limited edition: "This edition first published in 1992 by Viking Penguin" then a line of numbers arranged beneath: 3579108642. The "1" is not there but the number line is centred symmetrically on the line indicated first publication so I assume that it is the first printing. Owner's name and date in attractive cursive script. no other markings, Near Fine; no dust jacket as published; no illus. There is a photo fo Burroughs and his cat Fletch to the back cover. He writes about the cats in his life: "I am cast in the role of the Guardian, to cteate and nurture a creature that is part cat, part human, and part something else as yet unimaginable, which might result from a union that has not taken place for millions of years". (1.3 JM LVR 206/b1)
Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $62.23, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of The Cat Inside to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Viking.
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Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. 94pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Very faint discoloration on front cover, a couple tiny bumps on rear wrap near the crown, near fine. Burroughs' discourse on cats with an account of his unexpected friendship with an orphaned cat named Ruski.
