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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

by T S Eliot

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Publisher Comments:

Eliots 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.

Synopsis:

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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780151686568
Author:
Gorey, Edward
Author:
Gorey, Edward
Author:
Eliot, T. S.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Cats - General
Subject:
Cats
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Subject:
Wit and humor
Subject:
Single Author - British & Irish
Subject:
Cats -- Poetry.
Subject:
Anthologies-United Kingdom Poetry
Copyright:
c193
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
19820831
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
from 9 to 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
64
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.41 pd
Age Level:
from 14
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