Old Possum's book of practical cats. Drawings by Edward Gorey

Eliot, T. S., 1888-1965

Published by New York ;: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982

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PAPERBACK, cover price $4.95, good enough copy, but a bit creaky, rubbed along front hinge, pages are somewhat wavy along the inner margin of the book. previous owner's bookplate and address label. ELIOT, T. S. Old Possum's book of practical cats. Drawings by Edward Gorey. New York ;: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, EFGHIJ printing, 56pp., . An original Harvest/HBJ book. - These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems; later inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical "Cats.". 9780156685689 ISBN 015668568X.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Possum's book of practical cats. Drawings by Edward Gorey
• Publisher: New York ;: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982
• Binding: Soft cover