Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED & DOODLED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<

T.S. Eliot; Axel Scheffler

ISBN 10: 0571240615 / ISBN 13: 9780571240616

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2009

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED & DOODLED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571240615
• ISBN 13: 9780571240616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.

Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there!

In 1925 T.S. Eliot became co-director of Faber and Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of 'Old Possum'. In 1981 Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Cats which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history.

This new edition, published on the 70th anniversary of the book and on the 80th anniversary of Faber and Faber, contains original colour illustrations by the award-winning illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler.

About the Author

Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.

Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg, Germany. He has achieved worldwide acclaim for his children's book illustration and has created many bestsellers including the award-winning The Gruffalo. He lives in London.