Thomasina Paul Gallico 1957 Doubleday First Edition DJ Cat Who Thought She Was G For Sale

Thomasina — Paul GallicoGarden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957First EditionThe cat who thought she was God. Thomasina is the story of a ginger tabby who falls from a church roof in a Scottish village, dies, and returns — convinced of her own divinity — to teach the humans around her how to truly live. The basis for the 1963 Walt Disney film *The Three Lives of Thomasina* starring Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire.ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece drawing by Gioia Fiammenghi.DUST JACKET: The original first-edition dust jacket features Fiammenghi's iconic illustration of Thomasina in her orange stripes, towering over the tiny human figures below. The front panel is colorful and immediately recognizable. The DJ shows honest wear — rubbing and chipping at the edges and corners, surface marks, and fading/discoloration to the spine from shelf exposure. The original $3.50 price is intact on the front flap. The back panel features a black-and-white photograph of Gallico by Keystone Pictures.BINDING: Publisher's blue cloth. Sound, tight, and clean.INTERIOR: Clean and unmarked. The Fiammenghi frontispiece is bright. No writing, no foxing, no odors.For the Gallico completist, the Disney film collector, or the cat lover who believes every tabby is secretly divine.Dimensions: approx. 5.5" x 8.25"Curated by Blackwood Foundlings.Ships Media Mail in protective packaging with tracking.