I only have the deck, but I wouldn't mind getting the book for the cat meanings! It's well worth mentioning that there's a fairly big difference between the first and second editions of the deck, and that the kit contains the first edition deck. The 1st ed has fairly large, very elaborate fancy borders, the 2nd ed looks a lot crisper and cleaner without the borders, and apparently many of the images were revamped and changed. IMO the 2nd edition is loads nicer so that's the one I've got. I haven't seen the 1st edition in my hands, but I based my decision on the online scans and don't regret it.
I love the quality of the printing, I can't understand why so many large publishers use horrid production procedures or yacky card stock which ruins otherwise lovely decks, but there's none of this with MRP decks, I only have only seen 3 of them but they really are lovely. Good on them I say!
And, as I'm just coming to the end of my one week experiment with this deck I can vouch for it being an excellent deck. I bought this as 'the most unlikely deck I would ever buy' just to see what happened and I have been reading with it all week, and those cats have plenty to say!
Zoe xx