Cat Book

This book, called "Scratch and Co" The great cat expedition is by Molly
Lefebure, published by Victor Gollanez in 1968 and reprinted in 2006. It
was published in Great Britain. It was sent to me by an English cat loving
friend who now lives in Australia but goes back to Britain every year to see
her Dad.

I loved the book, it being a cat adventure story. The cats set off on a
Himalayan type expedition and are going to climb the HKP (Highest Known
Peak) in the kingdom of catdom. It includes high altitude terrier sherpas,
low-level rabbit porters and rival journalists including a mongoose. The
enemies are foxes, lol. I can understand why it has such a following in
the UK being a delightful children's book, full of humour and has wonderful
descriptions of the flora and fauna of the mountains. The author lives in
the Lake District.

I'd be interested to know if any of you have heard of it, particularly cat
lovers in the U.K.

Bev



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ollie2 wrote:

This book, called "Scratch and Co" The great cat expedition is by Molly
Lefebure, published by Victor Gollanez in 1968 and reprinted in 2006. It
was published in Great Britain. It was sent to me by an English cat loving
friend who now lives in Australia but goes back to Britain every year to see
her Dad.

I loved the book, it being a cat adventure story. The cats set off on a
Himalayan type expedition and are going to climb the HKP (Highest Known
Peak) in the kingdom of catdom. It includes high altitude terrier sherpas,
low-level rabbit porters and rival journalists including a mongoose. The
enemies are foxes, lol. I can understand why it has such a following in
the UK being a delightful children's book, full of humour and has wonderful
descriptions of the flora and fauna of the mountains. The author lives in
the Lake District.

Just for fun, I looked this up on amazon.com. Bev, hold onto this book.
One seller is asking $500 US for it!!

(Several copies are also going for under $10 US, while a few others are
just above $100. I don't know why there's such a wide range of prices.)

The story does sound very charming.

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The story does sound very charming.

Another one that might amuse is Doreen Tovey's _Cats_ _in_ _the_
_Belfry_. I read it when it was first published forty years or more ago
and laughed myself sick.

Baird

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Joyce,

Isn't it amazing what books go for on Amazon.com. A cousin of mine in the
US looked up one of my books on Amazon "The Dolphin Boy" by Beverley Dunlop
and amazingly it was going for $100. Not up to the price of Scratch and Co
but it makes you blink, lol.
I think it has something to do with being out of print.
Dolphin Boy was published in 1981. It may be that the first edition of
Scratch sold for more than the second, being published in 1968.

Bev

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ollie2 wrote:

This book, called "Scratch and Co" The great cat expedition is by Molly
Lefebure, published by Victor Gollanez in 1968 and reprinted in 2006. It
was published in Great Britain. It was sent to me by an English cat
loving
friend who now lives in Australia but goes back to Britain every year to
see
her Dad.

I loved the book, it being a cat adventure story. The cats set off on a
Himalayan type expedition and are going to climb the HKP (Highest Known
Peak) in the kingdom of catdom. It includes high altitude terrier
sherpas,
low-level rabbit porters and rival journalists including a mongoose. The
enemies are foxes, lol. I can understand why it has such a following in
the UK being a delightful children's book, full of humour and has
wonderful
descriptions of the flora and fauna of the mountains. The author lives
in
the Lake District.

Just for fun, I looked this up on amazon.com. Bev, hold onto this book.
One seller is asking $500 US for it!!

(Several copies are also going for under $10 US, while a few others are
just above $100. I don't know why there's such a wide range of prices.)

The story does sound very charming.

--
Joyce ^..^

To email me, remove the XXX from my user name.

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Just for fun, I looked this up on amazon.com....
I don't know why there's such a wide range of prices.)

Speaking as a former (used) bookseller, I can tell you the whys
of that: rarity, edition, condition, and specials. If it's a
first/first (first edition and first printing of the first
edition) and it's a book that is relatively rare and out of print
now, it will sell for more. The better the condition, the higher
the price. And if there is an author's autograph in it, even
better. Or if it was a limited run (like a numbered run).

That said, very few books are worth as much as we'd like to
think. It takes a lot of research and knowledge to be able to
accurately figure out when something is worth good money.

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Deborah

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