Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: [poems]. Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures

T. S. ELIOT

Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1953

About this Item

Covers slightly marked, free endpapers embrowned, dustwrapper price-clipped and torn. Seventh impression (illustrated edition first published 1950), with the ownership inscription of Margaret Keynes, "Margaret Keynes from Mrs H G Wayment (Institut Britannique) 6 rue de la Sorbonne Paris Ve Odéon 23-70", later altered to "Laura Margaret Keynes October 1987 from Aman & Grandfather"; ticket of Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge. Hilary Godwin Wayment, later an expert on stained glass, was Director of the British Institute in Paris, 1954-9; he married in 1952 Lilah Sykes (née Dixon). Her presentee was Margaret Keynes (née Darwin, wife of Geoffrey Keynes), great-grandmother of the next presentee, granddaughter of Richard Darwin Keynes and Anne Pinsent (née Adrian).

Seller Inventory # 33M100219

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: [poems]. Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
• Publisher: London: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included