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New York: Harper and Row, 1972-82. The Freaky Friday trilogy inscribed First editions, first printings, of the Freaky Friday trilogy, with Freaky Friday and Summer Switch inscribed by the author to children's librarian Amy Kellman and her family. Kellman sat on many committees for the prestigious Newbery Award. Freaky Friday was the basis for two Walt Disney films, the 1976 version, which introduced Jodie Foster and the 2003 remake starring Lindsey Lohan.Freaky Friday inscribed: "dear Amy, Sy, Jenny, and Sue, next time I am here the whole family will be here please! Much Love Mary (Rodgers) Nov. 4, 1983".Summer Switch inscribed: "For Amy and Sy and absent Jenny and Sue, with much love Mary (Rodgers), Nov. 3, 1983". 3 works, octavo. Original laminated boards with dust jackets. Edward Gorey dust jacket art. Spines slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, an excellent set in bright jackets, not price-clipped, with a few short closed tears: spine panel of Freaky Friday slightly sunned, publisher's… Read more

New York: Harper and Row, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. All first editions in dust jackets, Freaky Friday in two dust jackets, one with no copy on the jacket flaps (very good with some foxing and spottiness) and the regular one (with copy on the flaps, very good with light wear); A Billion for Boris, near fine in jacket, inscribed: "Dear Ruth, at least this will save you a trip to the skin doctor's! Love, Mary." Summer Switch in fine dust jacket, inscribed to playwright Lanford Wilson "with admiration and love" and with Wilson's namestamp. Wilson and Rodgers undoubtedly crossed paths in their Broadway careers (Wilson wrote the score to "Once Upon a Mattress" and was the daughter of Richard Rodgers). Handsome set of the trilogy, with classic Gorey illustrated jackets.

New York: Harper and Row, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Freaky Friday is a second printing (lacks "First Edition" statement on copyright page but has the 472 dust jacket), the other two are first editions: A Billion for Boris is signed on the flyleaf, very good in very good jacket, light wear and soil; Summer Switch is a fine copy in dust jacket. Delightful trilogy, with Gorey dust jackets.