Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, First Edition (136 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

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

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.

Condition: Good. shelf wear, paperback Used - Good 2006 First edition & printing in this form All purchases support Project HOME - ending homelessness in Philadelphia.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Edward Gorey (illustrator). 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York. 1982. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 7th Printing by Line Number (G). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light sunfading to spine; scant wear to tops and corners. No DJ. Orange pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 56 pp 8vo. This book was the basis for the hit musical Cats on Broadway by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The playful verses by a celebrated poet about cat's personalities have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world since they were gathered for publication in 1939. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. A clean very presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edward Gorey (illustrator). First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

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

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

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 51pp. Still well bound. Dustwrapper a bit worn at extremities and foxed. Hardcover and interior very good and clean. No name or inscriptions. 8.5 x 6.5 inch. See pics attached.

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).

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 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.

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: Near Fine. First Edition. New edition, as stated on the printer's page - being the eleventh impression of the true first edition, published in November 1953 (the book was first published in September 1939). This edition is still produced in the same format as the original edition, with dustwrapper drawing and design by the author. ***Near fine in yellow cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine and humorous illustration in colour to the front board. The titles and decoration are nice and bright and the boards are beautifully clean, having been protected by the dustwrapper. No bumps, creases or tears to the cloth. The cloth of the spine is not torn and is beautifully clean and bright. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally, the book is also near fine, with no ownership markings and clean pages. Their is just some very light offsetting to the endpapers, but no foxing or marks to the printed pages. ***In a near fine original colour printed dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's price of 7s 6d net. The dustwrapper is complete, with virtually no faults - just the lightest rubbing to the edges, and some light handling marks to the pale yellow colour, mainly on the back panel. The dustwrapper presents very well. (please see scans) ***46 pages. 220mm x 165mm. ***Contents: The Naming of Cats, The Old Gumbie Cat, Growltiger's Last Stand, The Rum Tum Tugger, The Song of the Jellicles, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, Old Deuteronomy, The Pekes and the Pollicles, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity: the Mystery Cat, Gus: the Theatre Cat, Bustopher Jones: the Cat about Town, Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat, The Ad-dressing of Cats. ***"They are irresistible, impossible and magnificent." - Books of Today. ***An eleventh impression of the true first edition, also stated as a New Edition, published in 1953, in its original dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of this famous work by T. S. Eliot in near fine condition, and very unusual thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Original 10" 33 1/3 mono vinyl album. Speaker Robert Donat. Musical setting by Alan Rawsthorne with The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer. Includes an insert, one leaf folded to make four pages, quarto, and illustrated in black and white from photographs and illustrations. Two faint scratches to side two that might partially affect playback, else near fine in a very good cardboard box with an illustrated paper label on the lid, one side of the lid detached, wear to one side of the lid affecting the text, and one side partially detached.

Stated First edition with an A present in the number line; small 4to.; stiff pictorial wraps with metal spiral binding, softcover; a fine unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Fourth impression of the first edition. Yellow, cloth-covered boards with Eliot's original illustration on the front cover. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. A nice, early copy of the book that the musical "Cats" is based on; protected by a clear, removable cover. Bibliographic reference: Gallup A34a. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.

First Edition thus, Eighth Impression. Octavo, original black boards lettered in gold on spine panel. Eigth Impression, with code "10 9 8" on copyright page. 56 pp., illustrated throughout by Edward Gorey, including full-page and smaller illustrations. Mild browning to text block, a fine clean copy in like dust jacket, not price clipped (UK £8.99 net, Canada $17.99). A lovely copy of the first UK edition to bear the Edward Gorey Illustrations. First published in 1939, the first illustrated edition (with pictures by Nicolas Bentley) was issued by Faber & Faber in 1940. This new edition, with numerous fabulous illsustrations by the great Edward Gorey, was first issued by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in New York in 1982; this is the first UK edition with Gorey's illustrations.

Hardcover. Edward Gorey (illustrator). First Edition Thus; Eighth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light sunning on spine. Shelfwear on spine crown and panel corners.