[Eliot, T.S.- Association Copy, In Dust Jacket] Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by Eliot, T.S
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- Hardcover
- first
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. Original yellow cloth pictorial vignette on cover stamped in red, spine with red lettering. In the unrestored and unclipped yellow dust jacket with enchanting cover illustration of cats climbing a ladder. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, Stephen Spender's Copy, noted novelist and essayist whose work focused on social injustice and class struggle. With his bookplate. Book is fine, wrapper near fine. Eliot published four of Spender's poems inâ T1930 (in the Criterion, and later, Spender's first standalone work,â Poems, in 1933) Spender recalled: "At our first luncheon [T.S. Eliot] asked me what I wanted to do. I said: 'Be a poet.' 'I can understand you wanting to write poems, but I don't quite know what you mean by "being a poet,"' he objected."â A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.â .
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- Bookseller
- Nudelman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6071
- Title
- [Eliot, T.S.- Association Copy, In Dust Jacket] Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- Author
- Eliot, T.S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Nudelman Rare Books
Specializing in Fine Bindings By Noted Bookbinders; High Spots and Inscribed Copies of Important 19th-20th Century English and American Literature; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Fine Press Books; Unusual and Rare Children's and Illustrated; Art Nouveau; Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Associations; Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte; 1890's.Long-standing rare book dealer established in 1979, in Seattle, Washington specializing in the highest quality fine and rare books, primarily from the 18th through 20th Centuries. We value your patronage and would love to have you join our mailing list where we offer illustrated catalogs twice a year by PDF (with copious photos of content). All books are guaranteed as described, and returnable within 7 days for any reason. By Appointment Only.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Spine
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