Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [1959] (c.1939). Later Printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [quite a presentable copy, spine slightly turned, minor soiling to cloth along top edges of cover, light stain to top 1/4-inch of spine cloth; jacket shows a little edgewear, small stain at top of spine (matching that on book), spine slightly sunned, small closed tear at top of rear panel]. Beloved poetic-feline-fantasy classic, the inspiration for the long-running hit musical (also beloved, by many) and its 2019 film adaptation (beloved by absolutely no one, at least that I've ever heard of). The letter-code on the copyright page -- L.I.59 -- indicates this as a 1959 printing. (Andrew Lloyd Webber was 11 years old at the time.) .