Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The 13 Clocks
by James Thurber
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1556111886
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111884
- Seller
-
Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Marc Simont. Small corrected tear in dj Fourth printing Price clipped
Synopsis
James Thurber (1894—1961), one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century, was born in Columbus, Ohio, and launched his professional writing career as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch in 1920. He began writing for The New Yorker in 1927 after his friend E. B. White got him a job at the magazine. Though hampered by failing eyesight, Thurber wrote nearly forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories. He won a Tony Award for his popular Broadway play, A Thurber Carnival. 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 Wonderful O . Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, children's books, and graphic novels. Among his works are the children's books Coraline, The Wolves in the Walls, and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; the Sandman graphic novels series; and the fantasy novels Stardust and Smoke and Mirrors. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- CMSRAREBOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1717360981882
- Title
- The 13 Clocks
- Author
- James Thurber
- Illustrator
- Marc Simont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1556111886
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111884
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
CMSRAREBOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
CMSRAREBOOKS
Biblio member since 2023
Highland Park, Illinois
About CMSRAREBOOKS
Online Bookstore with about 30,000 books that are lightly used or new. Most categories except Textbooks
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Nebula Award Winners of the 1970s
The Nebula Award has been awarded to stories in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre every year since 1966. Learn about the winners of the 1970s!
Collecting Arkham House
Learn about collecting the iconic horror and fantasy publisher that produced books by the likes of Ray Bradbury, August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft.
