Shelfmark
Lcc.2.09 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lcc.3.70 (Copy 2)
Author
Eliot, T. S., 1888 - 1965 (Thomas Stearns)
Title
Old Possum's book of practical cats / T. S. Eliot; Nicholas Bentley drew the pictures.
Edition
Illustrated edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London, MCMXL [1940].
Physical description
[52] p. : col ill. ; 22 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Publisher's white cloth binding with illustration stamped in black, yellow, and red on front board.
Provenance
(Copy 1) Ms. inscription: "Patience Diana James, Oct. 1941. (Given by Honor Jones)".
Provenance
(Copy 2) Ms. inscription: "For Mappie from Old Possum [T. S. Eliot]. Christmas 1940".
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) With dust-jacket; covered in clear plastic; title-page signed by author; loose clipping with two portraits of T. S. Eliot; ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Subject
Cats Humor.
Added entry--name
James, Patience Diana Former owner.
Added entry--name
Jones, Honor Inscriber.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B20239