MY LIVES AND HOW I LOST THEM by Christopher Cat in collaboration with Countee Cullen. New York, N.Y.: Curtis Books, (1971). First paperback edition. Originally published during Cullen's stint as a junior high school teacher, where he mentored James Baldwin, and when he wrote two books for young adults including this witty and engaging novel based on his own cat. Narrated by the cat, with suspense, life reflections, and humor as the cat tries to avoid losing his ninth and final life. A lovely paperback collectible by the cornerstone Harlem Renaissance poet, playwright, novelist and early writer of racial identity and injustice. Very tight, square and probably unread, a minute scratch and a tiny surface rub to the rear cover, else near fine in glossy stiff-card wraps with front cover photo-illustration of a kitten butterfly; code 09189 and .95c price to the front cover, all page edges red. Mass-market paperback. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE PAPERBACK BOOKS THANKS!