Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | T. S. Eliot




First edition's cover



“Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats” is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It is the basis for the record-setting musical “Cats”.

The poems were written during the 1930s and included by Eliot, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his godchildren. They were collected and published in 1939 with cover illustrations by the author, and quickly re-published in 1940, illustrated in full by Nicolas Bentley. It has also been published in reillustrated versions by Edward Gorey (1982) and Axel Scheffler (2009).

*Στα ελληνικά το "Εγχειρίδιο Πρακτικής Γατικής του γέρο Πόσσουμ", έχει μεταφραστεί από την Παυλίνα Παμπούδη και το Γιάννη Ζέρβα

..............................................................................................

Thanks to Poly Hatjimanolaki