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T.S. Eliot letters to godson auctioned in London

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050920
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AP Worldstream
09-20-2005
Dateline: LONDON
A collection of letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to a beloved godson sold at auction Tuesday for 45,600 pounds (US$82,300; euro67,750), auctioneer Bonhams said.

The series of 50 letters to Thomas Faber, a member of the Faber and Faber publishing family, includes poems and illustrations that formed the basis of Eliot's 1939 children's book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," which was dedicated to Faber. It went on to inspire the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats."

One letter is a verse "Invitation to All Pollicle Dogs & Jellicle Cats To Come ...

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