Comments on: Old Dame Trot & Her Comical Cat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/15/old-dame-trot-her-comical-cat-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/15/old-dame-trot-her-comical-cat-i/#comment-1648124 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:01:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201472#comment-1648124 Chap books are so captivating. As a lover of books and ephemera, I have always loved the eccentricity of chap books. The weathered pages, the choppy typography, the boldness of the
images, etc — They seem to “speak” in a strange dialect; perhaps not easy to understand, but totally engaging. Unlike refined books, they were never created with longevity in mind — and therefore the surviving examples seem even MORE special and discreet. I was so glad that the distressed
cover was included here, at the end of the array of pages. The label (replete with 4 – 5 different
type fonts! And a decorative border! Oh, ho!) sticks resolutely to the book boards, adding to this paper treasure. Who would NOT want this beauty in their collection? I feel downright
covetous.

Thank you, Dame, Cats, and GA, tra la. (oh, and print shop wizards who concocted the book)

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/15/old-dame-trot-her-comical-cat-i/#comment-1648075 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:50:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201472#comment-1648075 Very bizarre behaviour! Apart from scratching the carpet and fighting, my two cats are very tame in comparison! I wonder what this book was published as the language would indicate that it is very old.

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