Lot 139

ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1939).

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Estimate: $300 - $500

Estimate$300 – $500

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ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1939).

8vo. Original yellow cloth, decorated in red (boards slightly bowed, lightly and unevenly toned, scattered soiling); dust jacket (spine toned, other panels unevenly toned, loss at spine ends and in corners, closed tear on front wrapper repaired with sello tape on verso). Provenance: contemporary ownership signature dated 1939 at top of front free endpaper; bookseller's ticket at bottom of rear paste-down (The Holliday Bookshop, New York).

FIRST EDITION, one of 3,005 copies. Gallup A35a.

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ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1939).

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