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The Wonderful O.
by James Thurber
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.50 price intact). Published by Simon & Schuster, 1957. Octavo. Yellow quarter cloth over blue boards with light blue illustrated endpapers. Signed and inscribed by James Thurber on flyleaf; boldly signed taking up the entire page. Book is very good. Has wear to front bottom corner and some spotting to boards and endpapers. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear and small nicks/tears along edges. Scarce signed copy of this classic Thurber story. 73 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
James Thurber (1894–1961) was one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century. Thurber wrote nearly forty books: collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories, including The 13 Clocks , which is published in The New York Review Children’s Collection. His other books for children include: Many Moons (1943), a Caldecott Honor Book; The Great Quillow (1944); and The White Deer (1945). 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 13 Clocks .
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88060
- Title
- The Wonderful O.
- Author
- James Thurber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1957
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Shelf Wear
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