Old Possum's book of practical cats
T. S. Eliot (Author), Edward Gorey (Illustrator), Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems; later inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical "Cats."
Print Book, English, 1982
First edition View all formats and editions
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1982
Poetry
56 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780151686568, 9780156685689, 9780329567156, 9780329039981, 0151686564, 015668568X, 0329567152, 0329039989
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Naming of cats
Old Gumbie cat
Growltiger's last stand
Rum Tum Tugger
Song of the Jellicles
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Old Deuteronomy
Pekes and the pollicles
Mr. Mistoffelees
Macavity: Mystery cat
Gus: Theatre cat
Bustopher Jones: Cat about town
Skimbleshanks: Railway cat
Ad-dressing of cats
Cat Morgan introduces himself
Illustrated title page
Jacket design by Edward Gorey