Eliot, enhanced by the beautiful humorous illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. ***An eighth impression of the first illustrated edition, published in 1957, in its original dustwrapper. ***"They are irresistible, impossible and magnificent." - Books of Today. Mistoffelees, Macavity: the Mystery Cat, Gus: the Theatre Cat, Bustopher Jones: the Cat about Town, Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat, The Ad-dressing of Cats. ***Contents: The Naming of Cats, The Old Gumbie Cat, Growltiger's Last Stand, The Rum Tum Tugger, The Song of the Jellicles, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, Old Deuteronomy, The Pekes and the Pollicles, Mr. There are some light marks to the dustwrapper, and there is some browning mainly to the spine, but overall it presents very well. Edges of dustwrapper are also slightly rubbed and creased. The dustwrapper is complete, with just light creasing to the head and tail of the spine. ***In a very good original colour printed dustwrapper, which has been corner price-clipped. There is some offsetting and foxing to the endpapers, but the interior pages are nice and clean. Internally, the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions. The cloth of the spine is not torn and is clean and bright.
Head and tail of spine just very slightly creased. Boards clean and unmarked, with just some small foxing marks to the top edges. The titles and decoration are still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper.
***Near fine in cream cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine and humorous illustration in colour to the front board. Each of the fourteen poems is accompanied by a beautiful humorous illustration by Nicolas Bentley.
Eighth impression of the true first illustrated edition, published January 1957 (the illustrated edition was first published in November 1940).
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