Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by Eliot, First Edition (114 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Super copy of this reprint with and extra poem added. Clean and bright. The dust jacket is similarly fabulous albeit price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print (number line on copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, gold gilt illustration to front boards. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 64pp. Colour illustrations throughout 9both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions. (64/7).

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nicholas Bentley (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1962 first edition. The classic cat verse with illustrations by Nicholas Bentley and from which the later musical was based. Small owner's inscription dated 1963 otherwise clean interior with all pages tight in binding, covers clean and unscuffed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Axel Scheffler (illustrator). 1st Edition. A Superb UK First Edition & First Printing hardback - in a fine unblemished and unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & DOODLED BY AXEL SCHEFFLER - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Axel Scheffler (illustrator). 1st Edition. A Superb UK First Edition & First Printing hardback - in a fine unblemished and unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, DATED, LOCATED & DOODLED BY AXEL SCHEFFLER - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Nicolas Be ntley (illustrator). 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st printing of the Edward Gorey edition. Binding tight. Text block has no marks or writing. Light shelf wear to covers. Satisfaction guaranteed. Selling quality books online for 30 years. Ships in 24 hours carefully wrapped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, first printing. Octavo (23 x 19cm), pp.[8]; 64. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine and upper, cat endpapers. Dust-jacket designed by Ken de Silva, with printed price of £14.99 to front flap. Internally fine. Some rippling to the dust-jacket and water staining to reverse at the foot. Very good. T. S. Eliot's classic feline collection here presented with superb new illustrations by renowned illustrator Axel Scheffler.

First Edition. Spiral bound softcover, brief gift inscription, very good. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.

First Edition. Near fine pamphlet copy; wrappers very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall: tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 14 x 23 cm. Subjects; Drama 20th century. Theatre; 20th century. Cats; musical. Musicals; 20th century. Musicals; programmes. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nicolas Bentley, Illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Solid hardcover book with wonderful full color illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Eleventh impression (so stated). Clean beige cloth boards with two dancing cats (in hats) on cover, red lettering on spine. Light soiling to spine (water mark). No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner prize bookplate on front fixed endpaper from St. Anthony's School in Hampstead. 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Faber & Faber, London 1943 (5th imp) Clean and bright. Single letter 'S' in red to ffep. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean cloth covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Gorey (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1982 Hardcover "H" printing. Interior has gift inscription on ffep. Otherwise interior clean. Binding tight. Boards clean. Dust jacket clean. Protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Both book and jacket are in very good condition. Non-authorial "sweet 16" inscription inside front boards. Additional photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A superb clean, bright FIRST EDITION, First Printing (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1) with the 2 CDs included in their original packets, attached at beginning and end. All appear unopened and unread. No markings or inscriptions. Some very slight indeed rubbed areas to laminate. Contents immaculate. Overall, appears virtually as new. FREE p&p within the U.K. Additional postage may be requested from buyers outside the U.K. where necessary. (25% of all proceeds from FARRAGO sales donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket As New small quarto 64pp., illusts., New edition of Eliot's masterpiece with new illustrations by Axel Scheffler.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). 1st Edition. 5th impression of this first illustrated edition published in December 1948 as stated. Full cloth with color vignette to cover and titles in red to spine, includes 14 full page full color plates and text illustrations in black by Nicolas Bentley. Original illustrated dust jacket with chips and tears (mostly to spine) and toning. While the jacket is in rough shape it is now protected in mylar and has done a brilliant job of keeping the book clean and in excellent condition. Very short contemporary gift inscription to front free endpage, no other markings. The color plates are clean and vibrant.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Errol Le Cain (illustrator). First American Edition. Pictorial boards, bumping to corners, last few pages with tiny corner bends; matching dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners, original price intact ($12.95). Growltiger's Last Stand, The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles from Old Possum's Book of Practicle Cats. Illustrated with jolly, detailed color artwork by Errol Le Cain. Size: Small Oblong 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler (illustrator). First printing thus. Fine in an about fine dust jacket.

Spiral-bound softcover. Condition: As New. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. T. S. Eliot's playful verses about cats (all of whom were later brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats"), are wonderfully illustrated by Edward Gorey on the covers & every page of this delightful engagement calendar from 1989. A FIRST PRiNTING ("A") from 1989, this book is actually Brand New & unused, a duplicate from my own collection. Spiral-bound softcover is completely clean & bright, orange wrappers are brilliantly colored, pages white & unmarked, binding strong & straight, with no wear to pages around the holes. A hint of tanning to inside covers both front & back. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock'' images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. T. S. Eliot's playful verses about cats (all of whom were later brought to life in the Broadway musical Cats), are wonderfully illustrated by Edward Gorey. This is the hardcover edition, with a quarter beige cloth-wrapped spine & the remaining boards covered in orange paper, imprinted with a copper-colored cat to front cover & copper lettering to spine. 56 pages, with Gorey illustrations on nearly every one! A FIRST EDITION, First (A) printing from 1982, it is in Near Fine condition, marred only by mild foxing to the cloth binding & endpapers. Else, completely clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked. The price-clipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to fading to spine & upper edges, with light chipping & rubbing to both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! equally pristine, with no fading or edgewear. (We are also offering another copy without its DJ, please see our listing #022324). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock'' images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1939, 2nd impression. Small thin Quarto. 45pp. Original yellow cloth. Minor markings and edge wear. Binding square and tight. Clean internally. A 'Very Good' copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). Fourteen color plates. First edition thus. Very good in a very good, price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 3rd impression, 1940. Book in good condition, some slighty discoloration to top and bottom of boards. Corners sharp, slight bumping to spine ends. Text block rough cut, no insgriptions. Some tanning to early pages. Dustjacket intact save for slight chips at front top and bottom corners.Some discoloration and spine is a little darkened, see photos. Overall great condition for an 85-year old book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the Edward Gorey-illustrated edition of T.S. Eliot's classic collection of poems about cats. With a half-title. Numerous black-and-white cat illustrations by Edward Gorey throughout, including many full-page illustrations. Bound in quarter beige cloth with orange paper over boards, with lettering and a cat illustration stamped in orange. In original orange pictorial dust jacket. 8.25 x 5.75 inches; [8], 56 pages. Closed tears (1.25 and .75 inches) on the front and rear panel of the price-clipped dust jacket and a few tiny spots of soiling to the binding. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. A collectible copy with a very clean interior and a bright dust jacket, not heavily sunned as is often the case. The "Cats" musical, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is based on the poems in this book. This edition came out the same year that "Cats" premiered on Broadway, a year after it opened in London.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fourth impression, March, 1942. Publishers yellow decorated cloth slightly marked and dusty. The dustwrapper has had some re-enforcement strips stuck to the back, slight loss to the top and bottom of the spine and some general rubbing and marking. Price clipped. Still a pretty good dustwrapper. 45 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Slim 8vo(9"tall)colour embossed white cloth. Good to Very Good in a fair dust jacket with light to moderate edgewear with short tears and a 1" piece missing from top rear at gutter. Ninth impression 1959 stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No statement of edition or printing. 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 Book; binding tight, few minor soil specks to bottom front else boards straight and clean; small soil spot to half title page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Price clipped dust jacket has mild fading to spine with minor paper loss to top flap fold ends, mild paper loss to spine ends and 1/2" x 1 1/2" paper loss along mid spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good copy of Eliot's famous work which inspired the musical CATS. The book was printed in 1939, the year of the first edition, but lacks the first edition statement. Cloth boards with black titles on the spine. Boards are moderately soiled. The original glue on the orange title page has separated on the reverse side a 1/4 inch towards the bottom of the page. The binding is still sound, however. Overall a solid, clean copy with previous owner's name in a small neat hand. Robust shipping.