ELIOT**, T[homas] S[tearns]:: OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. - Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

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ELIOT**, T[homas] S[tearns]: : OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. - Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,2009.

ISBN 9780571240816.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.[Originally published Faber and Faber,London,1939.A new edition with an additional poem appeared in 1953.This edn,is the book's 70th Anniversary edition and the publisher's 80th anniversary edn.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt pale blue background and glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Axel Scheffler, illustrated dw/dj with bright,crisp gilt and black ink lettering to front panel+ spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered, publisher's original blue cloth boards/ covers with bright,crisp,blocked gilt illustration to front board/cover and blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate white background with multi grey cat silhouette illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated 1st edn thus,1-64pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters with profuse colour vignettes,5 full-page,full-colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] potted history of book/ author,colour illustrated title page, colour vignette illustrated preface,and colour illustrated double-page contents list/table. 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 master criminal Macavity because Macavity's not there! A stunning new edition of T.S. Eliot's beloved cat poems,containing beautiful colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler - illustrator of the award-winning 'The Gruffalo'. Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis,Missouri,USA. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917.Eliot received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg,Germany.He ha achieved worldwide acclaim for his illustrations of children's books and has created many bestsellers,including the award-winning 'The Gruffalo'. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus.
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