{"product_id":"thomasina-by-paul-gallico-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1957-doubleday","title":"Thomasina by Paul Gallico [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1957 • Doubleday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomasina by Paul Gallico\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1957] DOUBLEDAY \u0026amp; CO.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStated First Edition \/ 1957.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover in excellent condition. Missing dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeal cloth boards clean and pristine.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding is tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages look and read like new!  *Gift inscription from Christmas 1958 on front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe heartbreaking story about a young girl and her most unusual cat, who has magical powers that save her owner's life.  Inspiration for the classic Disney film, The Three lIves of Thomasina.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeven-year-old Mary adores her ginger cat, Thomasina, and is crushed when Thomasina falls sick, and Mary’s father, a grim, inflexible man who is the town vet, decrees that the only thing to be done is to put Thomasina down. Mary refuses to speak to her father, and then she herself contracts a life-threatening disease. In the meantime, however, Thomasina has been rescued—by the mysterious Lori, the Red Witch of the glen. Thomasina is now Tabitha, the descendant of an Egyptian goddess, and she is coming back to seek revenge!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomasina, like Jenny of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Abandoned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Gallico’s other great feline heroine (Jenny is Thomasina’s great-aunt), tells her own story in her own way, witty, charming, divine, and sometimes as sharp as an unsheathed claw. Thomasina is a cat for the ages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomasina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sheer delight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742411501817,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/thomasina-1.jpg?v=1785555701","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/thomasina-by-paul-gallico-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1957-doubleday","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}