The 13 Clocks
by Thurber, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
- Seller
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Eleventh printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. Marc Simont. 8 vo; bright blue boards with yellow spine strip; small illust. in left lower corner of front board, black spine lettering; illust. endpapers; beautifully illust. throughout; 124 pp; illust. dj (bottom corner of dj clipped, price $4.95 present).
This is a first issue; defining point: "Marc" spelled "Mark" on title page.
This is a first issue; defining point: "Marc" spelled "Mark" on title page.
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rosebud Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1.18572
- Title
- The 13 Clocks
- Author
- Thurber, James
- Illustrator
- Marc Simont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eleventh printing
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- American literature; humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Classics;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rosebud Books
Biblio member since 2007
Golconda, Illinois
About Rosebud Books
Rosebud Books is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest in the "Land Between the Rivers". We are an internet shop, open by appointment to the public. Our inventory contains a litte bit of everything from vintage technical to modern first eds. We have a nice collection of vintage and collectible children's literature and all types of poetry, art, & drama.
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