CHINESE ENCOUNTERS

New York, NY.: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Very Good. 1979. First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in blue cloth, with blind-stamping to the upper cover and silver stamping to the spine, in a nice dust jacket with a few creases, light edge-wear and some chipping to the head of the spine. The covers show some light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations, some in color. This book is signed by both Inge Morath and Arthur Miller, on the title-page and signed by both again on the DJ lower flap (the signatures on the flap are a bit smudged.) - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .