Eliot (T. S.) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats , first illustrated edition, half title, faint spotting throughout, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, publisher's yellow cloth, spine lettered in red, front with vignette illustration in red, soiled, spine end slightly rubbed, original illustrated dust jacket on yellow paper, soiled, spine creased with head chipped, [Gallup A.34.a], 8vo, Faber & Faber , 1939. *** The basis for the musical ‘Cats’.