{"product_id":"tiger-in-the-house-a-cultural-history-of-the-cat","title":"Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCarl Van Vechten\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781590172230\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNYRB Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e452\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"A god, a companion to sorceresses at the Witches' Sabbath, a beast who is royal in Siam, who in Japan is called 'the tiger that eats from the hand, ' the adored of Mohammed, Laura's rival with Petrarch, the friend of Richelieu, the favorite of poets\"--such are just a few of the feline distinctions that Carl Van Vechten records in this glorious historical overview of humanity's long love affair with the cat. As delightful as it is learned, \u003ci\u003eTiger in the House\u003c\/i\u003e explores science, art, and history to assemble a treasury of cat lore, while Van Vechten's sumptuous baroque prose\u003cbr\u003emakes the book's every page an inexhaustible pleasure.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat | Carl Van Vechten | Hardcover | 9781590172230 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1764003","offer_id":49287704117400,"sku":"1764003","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71Rnw9nWW8L.jpg?v=1781897413","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/tiger-in-the-house-a-cultural-history-of-the-cat","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}