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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Hardcover - 1982

by Eliot, T.S

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edward Gorey. First edition (thus). First hardcover edition to include the charming Edward Gorey illustrations. The book was the inspiration for the Broadway musical Cats. 56 pages. 8.25" x 5.75". Fine collectible copy with fine dust jacket.
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  • Title Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
  • Author Eliot, T.S
  • Illustrator Edward Gorey
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
  • Date 1982
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 141
  • ISBN 9780151686568 / 0151686564
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.85 x 0.47 in (21.08 x 14.86 x 1.19 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Cats, Cats - Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 81020057
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.912

Summary

Eliot’s famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.

From the rear cover

Mr. T.S. Eliot intimate friends received from time to time typewritten verses which were apparently anonymous but which were always identifiable. The poems which concern cats are presented here.

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About the author

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a British subject in 1927. The acclaimed poet of The
Waste Land, Four Quartets, and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, among numerous other poems, prose, and works of drama,
won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. T.S. Eliot died in 1965 in London, England, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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