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The 13 Clocks

The 13 Clocks

The 13 Clocks
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The 13 Clocks

by Thurber James

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New York: Simon and Schuster.. This is a 1st Edition published in New York in1950. This edition has 'Marc Simont' misspelt on the title page as Mark Simont, and there is the page number missing from page 48,It also has a business reply card of the same date from Simon & Schuster asking if the book lives upto the readers expectations. The hardcovers are in V.Good condition ,the dustwrapper is nibbled on the top and bottom of d/w. and chipped on the spine ends. . There is a small tear on front fold top half inch in lengh approximatey otherwise Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1950.

Synopsis

James Thurber (1894—1961), one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century, was born in Columbus, Ohio, and launched his professional writing career as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch in 1920. He began writing for The New Yorker in 1927 after his friend E. B. White got him a job at the magazine. Though hampered by failing eyesight, Thurber wrote nearly forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories. He won a Tony Award for his popular Broadway play, A Thurber Carnival.   Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss’s The Happy Day , and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Children’s Collection books The Backward Day and The Wonderful O .   Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, children's books, and graphic novels. Among his works are the children's books Coraline, The Wolves in the Walls, and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; the Sandman graphic novels series; and the fantasy novels Stardust and Smoke and Mirrors. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
00038
Title
The 13 Clocks
Author
Thurber James
Illustrator
Marc Simont.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Poor
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Simon and Schuster.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1950
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Fairy Stories
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Children's Books;

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