Helena Sanders and the Cats of Venice – the story of a remarkable woman, by Frank Wintle

Published in 1989 by Souvenir Press Ltd, this beautiful hardcover (252 x 194 mm) book with intact dust jacket tells the story of Helena Sanders who “in twenty years, during which she and her helpers were subjected to vilification, mockery, even violence, she succeeded in reducing Venice’s cat population from a miserable and sickly multitude numbering 68,000 to a stable and healthy population of around 6,000.” Excellent condition, 208 pages, fully illustrated.