Happy All the Time.
COLWIN, Laurie. Happy All the Time. London: Chatto & Windus, 1979.
The first British edition of the second novel, third book, by this much-loved writer who died unexpectedly in 1992 at the age of 48 of heart failure, and who had a small but passionate following at the time. Since her death, her reputation has endured and grown and her following has as well. This copy is inscribed and illustrated by the author with six drawings by her, five of them titled and signed. The drawings include: "A few flydells and a little girl," "Some hovells on a rug," "Another of the new octokitties with Mickey Mouse and two lamps," "Three hovenbys with critter intestines and one with a critter at the bottom of the garden," and "A kitty thinks: Gee how fortunate it is to live where kitties are free to roam and kill." These five drawings cover the four endpages and the dedication page; a sixth drawing, of a plant, covers the copyright page. In all, 12 cats, multiple plants, two lamps, a house, and a girl. A whimsical and endearing set of illustrations by a writer who, when asked for a self-caricature for Burt Britton's book of author's self-portraits, provided him with a picture of a plump, contented cat with flowers growing on its head. A bit of foxing to top edge; very near fine in a fine dust jacket. Unique.
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