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Hardcover, illustrated boards and end papers in dust jacket. This is a collection of three stories for young readers which were originally published in Redbook magazine.The unclipped dust jacket has an original price of 295/295 on the front flap. The book has all the first edition points, including: thumbnails of fourteen previously published Seuss books to that time, ending in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and three copyright dates listed of 1950, 1951 and 1958 on the copyright page. The interior of the book is clean and tight with no writing or marks. The boards have some edge wear including at the corners and spine. The jacket has edge wear and chipping at the spine ends and is protected in a brodart cover.

Hardcover, pictorial boards in dust jacket, As New/VG From a nonsmoking home, ships with Tracking Number

Hardcover maroon cloth with maroon top stain in dust jacket. NF/VG; First printing so stated. Illustrated with b & w photographs, 319 pages indexed. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a Twentieth Century American poet, writer, critic and satirist best known for her wisecracks, wit and keen eye for urban foibles of her time. She was published frequently in the New Yorker magazine and other popular publications of the time. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Literary Circle in New York City, and later moved to Hollywood where she worked as a screenwriter. Her work earned two Academy Award nominations. Her numerous publications includes short stories: Lament for the Living, After Such Pleasures, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker, Collected Stories, The Portable Dorothy Parker; poems: Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, Death and Taxes, Collected Poems: Not So Deep As a Well, Collected Poems, and Not Much Fun: The Collected Poems of Dorothy Parker as well as essays, plays and screenplays. "Once… Read More