Old Possum\\'s Book Of Practical Cats

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". None. An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous 1981 musical 'Cats'. Written under the assumed name of 'Old Possum', a name T.S… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. First American Edition. Near fine/Very Good -. 8vo, 8 1/2 x 6 inches (215 x 152 mm). 46 pp + 1 blank. Grey cloth boards lettered in black down the spine. Orange dust jacket lettered in black by the author with his pictorial designs on front and back, price of $1.25… Read more about this item

New York: Angel Records, 1954. 1st edition and original issue, with four page booklet enclosed, and original illustrated box (as issued). According to the Eliot Bibliography (Gallup, E4i) this was "Not published." Identified as "Angel Record 30002" this was "Recorded by Angel Records with Robert Donat as speaker, and The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer, on one 33… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Early printing, lacking the requisite "first American edition" statement on the copyright page. Octavo (22cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-46,[2]pp. Spine gently sunned, some faint, scattered foxing to upper board edges and spine, and dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Early American printing of T. S. Eliot's collection of verse about feline society that was the basis for the musical "Cats." Signed on title page,T.S. Eliot and with "O.P." in Eliot's hand on bottom of page. Signed copies of this title… Read more about this item

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. First American edition. One of 2000 copies. Eliot's clever, jovial collection of poems on feline activity, ritual, and politics enjoyed enduring popularity thanks in large part to its adaptation for the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber. As with the London first edition, the American first retains Eliot's illustration and lettering for the dust… Read more about this item

1/1/1939. Hardcover w/DJ. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 1st printing. Dusty yellow dust jacket in protective cover; chips at top of spine and some darkening; yellow cloth with red figures and printing; some toning to edges; former owner's name in ink on front pastedown; endpapers lightly foxed; binding good. G/G

London : Faber and Faber, 1962. First Illustrated Edition, 10th Impression. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 50p., ill. ; 22cm. Subjects: Eliot, T.S. (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965). English poetry -- 20th century.

London: Faber and Faber Limited,, 1939. With Cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to First edition, first impression, one of 3,005 copies printed. Eliot wrote the whimsical poems included in this collection throughout the 1930s, and included them under his assumed name "Old Possum" in letters to his godchildren. The work… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of T. S. Eliot's whimsical collection of poems about feline psychology and sociology. Inscribed by the author, though Elliot's name not signed, "To Edith with love / Christmas 1939". A warm and personal inscription. Though impossible to prove, this might be inscribed to avant garde poet Edith… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. Bentley, Nicolas. 12mo. Paperback, 59 p.p. Light wear to extremities, stain to fore edge of front cover, sticker ghost to rear. damp stain to foot at inner margin. These loveable cat poems were written by T.S. Eliot for his godchildren and friends in the thirties. They have delighed generations… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. Advance Proof; First Edition. Very Good. Advance proof of the first British edition of T. S. Eliot's whimsical collection of poems about feline psychology and sociology. Bound in publisher's original yellow wraps printed in black. Typed title label to spine over old handwritten title. Very Good with soiling and light creasing. A very… Read more about this item

Ecco Press, 1982. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt, Brace and Company. U. S. A. 1939. First American edition.. pp. (viii), 46, (ii). Additional title, black on orange paper. Orange dust wrapper, decorated in black on front and rear panels, wrapper spine a bit faded, 3 small tears at the top edge of the rear panel of the wrapper without loss, the end-papers toned along… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, 1982-11-08. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1929 in x 19.9746 in x 13.9848 in. A clean, tight copy in a very good dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber Limited,, 1940. From Old Possum to the first audience of his Practical Cats First illustrated edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author as Old Possum on the front free endpaper, "to the Tandy Fambley from O.P". The Tandy family included Alison Tandy, one of the dedicatees of the book. Eliot uses his own… Read more about this item

[New York]: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1939. Hardcover. Good- (foxing and soiling spots to boards; age toning overall, soiling spot along top of block that extends very slightly to page edges. DJ is worn, soiled and torn.). Light gray cloth boards with black spine lettering; orange dj with black lettering and illustration; 46 pp, 1 unnumbered leaf of… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.