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Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Cats, first edition, 1939.
Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Cats, first edition, 1939.
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Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Cats, first edition, original pictorial cloth lettered in red, thin light band of toning to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very light sunning to spine, slight creasing to head, small splash mark to upper cover, a near-fine example overall, [Gallup A34a], 8vo, 1939.*** Eliot's classic collection of poems for children, rare in such superb condition.
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Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Cats, first edition, 1939.

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