I read this children’s book in the 1950’s so it’s publishing date was long ago. The story involves a group of cats in a city. The illustrations that I remember were of apartment buildings with fire escapes. One of the cats is the hero, defending the other cats. He has a swashbuckling persona complete with sword and boots. This is the part of the story that is most memorable- this dashing and sword fighting cat. The title escapes me; in fact,there is nothing else I can tell you. But, I would appreciate whatever you can find. Good luck and thank you in advance.
This is Esther Averill’s ‘Jenny and the Cat Club’ series. Still in print via the New York Review of Books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Averill
Problem with it being Averill’s work is that I don’t recall a cat wearing sword and boots. But it’s been over thirty-five years since I’ve read them, so I may be wrong. Other than that detail it does sound very much like that series.
jenny and the cat club! there are a bunch of diff stories and there is a cat like that in some of them.
I’m looking for a similar book, but it was about a cat in the city at night.