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The Wonderful O.
by Thurber, James; illustrated by Marc Simont
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very good
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean in blue boards and yellow cloth spine. Binding is tight, corners are sharp. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. A small area of soiling on rear and light rubbing at corners. Previous owner's name lightly inked onto front free endpage. Charming illustrations. Small 8vo. 72 pp. In protective Mylar.
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
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95652
- Title
- The Wonderful O.
- Author
- Thurber, James; illustrated by Marc Simont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Ooroo island; Caldecott medal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile fiction;
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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