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LOUIS WAIN

A Profile of Louis Wain

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Louis Wain Tray

Original metal tray, probably from the 1920s, lots of detail and bright colors, signed Louis Wain.

Very good condition with samll scratches as seen in photo. Dimensions: 9" x 6"

Price: $295 plus $12 shipping

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Louis Wain Cups

Two Original metal cups, probably from the 1920s, lots of detail and bright colors, signed Louis Wain.

Very good condition with samll scratches as seen in photo. Dimensions: 2 1/4" high, top rim 2 1/4" diameter

Price: $195 plus $12 shipping

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Collectible Louis Wain Prints

The Fat Kits

Original 1910 newspaper print, black & white
Signed: Louis Wain, with a short story about fat kittens and losing weight.
Shrink wrapped gold/olive-brown color mat
Size of Print: 5" X 8"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $29 plus $8.95 shipping

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Umpire

Original 1905-10 book print, 4 color
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption: "How's that, Umpire?"
Shrink wrapped cream color mat
Size of Print: 2 1/4 X 3"1/2
Size of Mat 8" X 9"

Price: $39 plus $8.95 shipping

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Schizophrenia

Original 1998 Cover of the Living with Schizophrenia medical journal, 4 color
Louis Wain cats were chosen to be on the cover to depict how patients with schizophrenia see the world differently as their disease progresses
Shrink wrapped maroon color mat
Size of Print: 8 1/4 X 11"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $8.95 shipping

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Flowers

Original 1999 Cover of the Psychological Medicine medical journal, 4 color
Louis Wain cats were chosen to be on the cover to depict how patients with schizophrenia see the world differently as their disease progresses
Shrink wrapped creme color mat
Size of Print: 7 X 11"
Size of Mat 10 3/4" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $8.95 shipping

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A Milk Yarn

Original 1910 newspaper print, black & white
Signed: Louis Wain, depicts a humorous scene of cats working in a Chalk Pit.
Shrink wrapped off white color mat
Size of Print: 6 1/2" X 4 1/4"
Size of Mat 14" X 11"

Price: $29 plus $8.95 shipping

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A Study of Cats

Original 1901 book or newspaper print, black and white
Signed: Louis Wain, depicting many cats
Shrink wrapped brown/cream color mat
Size of Print: 6" X 8"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $8.95 shipping

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Collectible Louis Wain Cat Books

Cats
pictured by Louis Wain

Published in 1901. Verses by "Grimalkin" Published by Sands & Company, London

Contains twenty one full page black & white drawings by Louis Wain along with accompanying stories. Title page and cover is 2-3 colors. Book in overall good condition with slight wear to cover edges. Binding is slightly loose and one page is slightly torn. Hardback book is 8 1/2" by 11 1/2" contacins 32 pages (16 two sided pages).

Price: $495 plus $15 shipping

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Front Cover


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Mephistophelles
The Autobiography and Adventures of a Tabby Cat
Illustrated by Louis Wain
Inscription by Louis Wain

circa 1907, 158 page hard back book, 5" x 7 1/2", written by Keiro (Charles Yates Stephenson), 4 black & white full page illustrations by Louis Wain, plus 3 other photos.

First page has an inscription that says

Louis Wain Copy
with the
Author's Compliments
June 27th 1907

Price: $275 plus $12 shipping

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Inscription

Front Cover


Sample Pages

Sample Pages

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Full Of Fun
Illustrated by Louis Wain

Published in 1908. Contains one color plate (see photo) and black & white drawings on almost all of the books 90 pages (45 two sided pages). Drawings are cats and other animals that illustrate the accompanying poems. Book is in very good overall condition with slight wear at edges and inside seam.

Price: $795 plus $15 shipping

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Front Cover


Color Plate

Sample Page

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Nursey Lane
Illustrated by Louis Wain

Published in 1908. Contains one color page (see photo), 8 blue, black & white pages; 3 red, black & white pages; and black & white drawings on almost all the other pages of the book, 71 pages (35 two sided pages). Drawings are almost all of cats and a few pages of dogs that illustrate the accompanying poems. Many of the drawings are full page drawings. Book is in very good overall condition with slight wear at edges and inside seam.

Price: $695 plus $15 shipping

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Front Cover


B & W Page

Red, B&W Page

Color Page

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Father Tuck's
Fairyland Picture Building Puzzles
by Louis Wain

Published in 1909 by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Contains three puzzles in a book type sleeve. Each puzzle has 24 pieces, signed by Louis Wain. On the back of each puzzle is a poem, the name of the publisher and the 1909 date. Puzzles are in very good condition. The book-sleeve is worn and repaired with scotch tape. See Close Side View of Book-Sleeve. This item is extremely rare.

Price: $2450 plus $15 shipping

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Such Fun

by Louis Wain, 1910
Stories written by Norman Gale, Grace C. floyd & others, Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Great full color front and back cover, plus two full cover full plates within the book.
96 heavy pages, (48 pages printed on both sides) in black & white, with single color highlights on each page. A series of stories with illustrations signed by Louis Wain.
Hard cover book that is in overall good condition, but it shows some wear.

Price: $850 plus $15 shipping

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Front Cover
Back Cover


Color Plate
Sample Pager

Sample Page

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In Animal Land
with Louis Wain

Published 1904. Published by S. W. Partridge & Co, London
Features one page in full color and several full pages in black and white. Great full color cover, approximately 100 pages (50 two-sided pages) with many short animal stories and 44 illustrations by Louis wain. The introduction on Wain icludes his portrait.
Hard cover book that is in overall good condition with a few small signs of wear.
Binding may have been professionally repaired. One page is slightly torn

See a Sample Page

See a Another Sample Page

Price: $575 plus $12 shipping

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Louis Wain: The Man who drew Cats by Rodney Dale
Extensive bibliography and reference on Louis Wain, many photos of his work, many in color, paperback, published in 1991 & 2000, now out of print, $59.95 plus $8.95 shipping

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Catland
Introduction by Rodney Dale, 14 full page color photos of Louis Wain cat paintings, hardbackback, 30 pages, published in 1997, now out of print. Price: $19.95 plus $8.95 shipping.

A Catland Companion by John Silvester
A pictorial glimpse of cats in the nineteenth century as portrayed by Catland artists as Louis Wain, Helena Maguire, and Henrietta Ronner. All in full color. Hardback, 96 pages, Printed in 1991, now out of print. SOLD OUT.

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More Collectible Louis Wain Prints

Motor Cars

Original 1910 newspaper print, black & white
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

"Oh, those Motor-cars!
(Drawn for the "Boy's Own Paper" by Louis Wain.)

Shrink wrapped brown color mat
Size of Print: 10" X 6 3/4"
Size of Mat 14" X 11"

Price: $49 plus $8.95 shipping

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Scratch and his Patch

Original 1910 print probably from a book, full color
It has the following caption:

"SCRATCH AND HIS PATCH.

Shrink wrapped green/blue color mat
Size of Print: 6" X 8 3/4"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $45 plus $8.95 shipping

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A Gift of Tulips

Original print in red and black, probably from a book
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

"A Gift of Tulips as beautiful as you!"

Shrink wrapped cream color mat

Size of Print: 6" X 8"
Size of Mat 8" X 10"

Price: SOLD

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Four Cats with Bows

Original print probably from a newspaper
Signed: Louis Wain, no caption
Shrink wrapped black color mat
Size of Print: 5 1/2" X 7"

Size of Mat 8" X 10"

Price: $25 plus $5.95 shipping

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The Prospective One

Original print probably from a book, blue color
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

The Prospective One
He: "What makes your sister so pale?"
Boy: "Jimmy has stolen her rouge pot to play Red Indians with."

Shrink wrapped light blue mat
Size of Print: 5 1/4" X 7 3/4"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $5.95 shipping

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Reckless Chauffeur

Original 1910 print, probably from a book, black & white
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

A RECKLESS CHAUFFEUR

Shrink wrapped tan/cream color mat
Size of Print: 4 1/2" X 6"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $35 plus $8.95 shipping

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Cartoon

Original 1912 print probably from a book, full color
Signed: Louis Wain, with a series of captions on the bottom of the print.

Shrink wrapped cream color mat
Size of Print: 7" X 10"
Size of Mat 12 1/2" X 15 3/4"

Price: $45 plus $8.95 shipping

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Joys of Winter

Original 1901 print, probably from a book, black & white with color highlights, type from back size of print, shows ever so slightly through.
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

Some of the Joys of Winter - 3. Skating

Shrink wrapped cream color mat & a silver pinstripe
Size of Print: 5" X 5 1/2"
Size of Mat 10 1/4" X 11"

Price: $35 plus $8.95 shipping

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The Dear Old Home

Original Red & white print, probably from a book
Shrink wrapped, tan/cream color mat
Signed by Louis Wain, with the following caption:

THE DEAR OLD HOME.
Size of Print: 5 1/2" X 7 7/8"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $8.95 shipping

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Mrs. Thomas

Original 1909 -1910 print from a Louis Wain Annual, black & white
Signed: Louis Wain, with the following caption:

"MRS. THOMAS CAT TAKES AN AFTERNOON STROLL IN HER PATENT
FAMILY BALOONOPLANTE IN CHARGE OF HER ANCHORMAN.."

Shrink wrapped blue color mat
Size of Print: 6" X 8"
Size of Mat 12" X 16"

Price: $35 plus $8.95 shipping

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Catching Mice

Original black & white newsprint
Signed: Louis Wain,

Shrink wrapped black color mat
Size of Print: 5" X 7"
Size of Mat 8" X 10"

Price: $35 plus $5.95 shipping

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Pity the Blind

Original print probably from a book, brown & white
with the following caption:

Pity the Blind! and a saying under it

Shrink wrapped black color mat
Size of Print: 5" X 8"
Size of Mat 8" X 10"

Price: $25 plus $5.95 shipping

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Happy Face

Original print probably from a book, three color, crease on print on bottom left side
Signed: Louis Wain

Shrink wrapped Yellow mat with print on blue background
Size of Print: 5" X 7"
Size of Mat 12" X 16"

Price: $35 plus $8.95 shipping

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Confused

Original print probably from a book, four color
Signed: Louis Wain

Shrink wrapped Double white mat with black edges
Size of Print: 5" X 7"
Size of Mat 11" X 14"

Price: $25 plus $5.95 shipping

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