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Kerr, Judith.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Publisher: Collins Picture Lions, London;
Date of Publication: 1973
Stock Code: 11426
First Edition in paperback. Softcover octavo, pp. [32]. Colour illustrations throughout. Stapled pictorial card wraps. A near fine copy. Clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions. Early Learning price label to lower cover, with line through price. A first edition in paperback of the author’s first book. Originally published in hardcover in 1968, the book is one of the best-selling children’s stories of all time, telling the tale of Sophie’s tea-party, where a tiger arrives unannounced. Inspired by visits of the author to the zoo with her daughter and perhaps influenced by her childhood in Nazi Germany, when a knock at the door could be dangerous. Kerr both wrote and illustrated the book and went on to produce the Mog series. £75.00