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Wonderful O
de Thurber, James
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- Librería
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957 72 pgs. Hard cover with yellow cloth spine, corner wear, dust soil, ink dots to cover, previous owner's bookplate, marginal stains to a few pages, but mostly clean and crisp text; color pictorial dust jacket is soiled and worn with small losses, original price intact ($3.50). The humorous story about a man who has come to detest the letter "O," and wreaks havoc upon an island called Ooroo. Illustrated throughout by Simont in blue & black.. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Marc Simont. 8vo.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009088
- Título
- Wonderful O
- Autor
- Thurber, James
- Ilustrador
- Marc Simont
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Edición
- Stated First Printing
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Illustrated, fairy Tales, satire, Humor
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
Sobre E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
