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Yvonne Skargon is world renowned for her engravings of two cats (Oscar and Lily) as well as for her engravings of butterflies, frogs, ducks, plants and flowers. Lovers of cats and engravings need look no further. One of the best engravers of her generation, Skargon is uniquely able to impart personality and individuality not only to cats, but to her images of nature generally. The prints of flowers and nature generally that are among the original, signed wood engravings in the work The Engraver’s Cut are unsurpassed in beauty and vibrancy. Browse some of our Yvonne Skargon cat books like The Importance of Being Oscar (available in fine press with original signed engravings or trade copy) and find yourself immersed in the personality and playfulness of Oscar, a feline companion with personality. Add Yvonne Skargon books to your collection today!
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photo of Yvonne Skargon's bestseller in which her engravings magically capture our hearts and imaginations in a celebration of felines by linking us with the lives of cats with different personalities, moods and talents across four centuries Lily & Hodge & Dr Johnson
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Lily & Hodge & Dr Johnson
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By Yvonne Skargon. London:  Primrose Hill Press, 2000.  Another international bestseller by Skargon that magically captures our hearts and imaginations in a celebration of felines, this time by linking us with the lives of cats with different personalities, moods and talents across four centuries. Skargon’s earlier bestselling books, also sold by Primrose Hill Press, The Importance of Being Oscar and Lily & Hodge and Dr. Johnson , introduced her own beloved cats to the world.  60pp. Paperback.


By Yvonne Skargon. London: Primrose Hill Press, 1998. Captivating, charming engravings of the now famous cats (Oscar, Lily & Hodge) by this internationally renowned British artist with an enchanting talent for creating memorable images of plants and animals (especially cats). Words by Samuel Johnson. Oscar cat, appearing in The Importance of  Being Oscar (also available in this catalog), was succeeded by two kittens--Lily and Hodge. This book portrays with wit and affection the personalities, antics and attitudes of these two felines, behavior immediately recognized by humankind whose lives are immoderately governed by that “domestic animal that catches mice.” Dr. Johnson includes himself among those devotees of the feline race—“which add gravity to a record which otherwise illustrates a more insouciant attitude to life.” Also available in this catalog as part of a limited edition signed by the artist with original engravings from the block. 198 x 129 mm, 64 pp. Paperback.
Cover of The Importance of Being Oscar, a book by Yvonne Skargon, with engravings of a now famous cat by this internationally renowned British engraver and one of her best known books photo of Watermarks by Yvonne Skargon, a book containing passages from HD Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and others describing the beauty of waterways brought to life by stunning engravings by Skargon
Watermarks
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By Yvonne Skargon. Primrose Hill Press, 1998. A book with engravings of Oscar, the now famous North London born cat, by this
internationally renowned British engraver, and one of her best known books.

By Yvonne Skargon. Primrose Hill Press, 2003, Bicester. Skargon is one of the finest contemporary engravers with an enchanting talent for creating images of plants, nature generally and animals in particular (especially cats) with such vividness that we find ourselves transported by her books to a magical world of indescribably beautiful plants, rivers, lakes and streams and audacious and charming animals. In this book, we find passages consecrating the beauty of rivers, other inland waters and sea waters borrowing from John Clare, HD Lawrence, Edward Thomas, Virginia Woolf and others and brought to life by stunning wood engravings by Skargon. 245 x 170 mm, 48pp. Paperback.

Cover of the book A Garden of My Own by Yvonne Skargon containing wood engravings depicting her garden Signed wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon
A Garden of my Own
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By Yvonne Skargon. Silent Books, 1996. Skargon is known for her talent for creating enchanting engravings of nature and cats in particular. In this book she takes us for a delightful journey through her garden.
 		Signed original wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon. 23 numbered copies signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book Oscar, Lily & Hodge.
Signed wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon Signed wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon
Signed original wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon. 23 numbered copies signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book Oscar, Lily & Hodge. Signed original wood engraving by Yvonne Skargon. 23 numbered copies signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book Oscar, Lily & Hodge.