Orestes, or the Art of Smiling by Gnoli, Domenico - 1961

NY. S&S. 1961. 1st ptg.. 71pp. Beautifully illus in color and b&w by the author/graphic artist. Folio. Cl. Sl bowed + upper corner bumped. Small dampstain lower corner. Ow near fine in sl worn dj.

New York: Simon And Schuster. Very Good+. 1961. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket. First edition. Cloth spine on illustrated brown boards, sharp cormered, age toning to spine. Book is firm in binding, b&w and full color illustrartions by Domenico Gnoli, many full page, crisp interior; previous owner's name on front endpaper. Else - Free of any markings, not ex-library. . ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 71 pages .

Simon and Schuster, 1961. Very Good Folio Hardcover with whimsical color illustrations . First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Folio.

New York: Simon & Schuster. Stated First Printing. H4 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Fifth Printing. 1961.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 4to. 71 pp. Publishers quarter beige cloth with brown paper boards lettered brown. Light shelfwear, small stain at top of board edges. Illustrated dust jacket. Faint crease at inside front flap. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

London: Collins, 1961. 71 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's inscription on ffep. Quarter beige cloth with brown boards. Small stains along the edges, corners bumped. Illustrated DJ, not price-clipped. Slightly faded spine, small chips and tears, light wear along the edges. VG/VG-. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 71 pages. Large 4to, two toned cloth, d.w. (edgeworn). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, stated first printing, 1961. Well illustrated throughout, mainly in color. Tan hardcover with off white cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book has minor edgewear good hinges, firm text block, light foxing to endpapers and first and last couple of pages, top edge of front free endpaper clipped (apparent removal of an old signature), pages clean, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [6.95] and has some shelfwear including rubbing along the joins and some minor chipping, little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B006328; 71 pages; 71 pp Hardcover, Oversized, Very good contents, Good dust jacket .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. Folio. Original brown cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor edgewear to dust jacket, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Increasingly uncommon with dust jacket in this condition.. Gnoli, Domenico. Beautiful first edition of Domenico Gnoli's (1933-1970) modern fairy tale about a melancholy prince who discovers how to smile. Gnoli was a renowned Italian painter and stage designer best known for his surrealist pop art and canvas work featuring extremely scaled paintings of folds, patterns, and textures. Gnoli's more surrealist and fantastical illustrations, sketches, and etchings recall the famed works of Edward Gorey (with which Gnoli's works were sometimes confused)-and Gnoli's talent for the surreal and fantastic are on full display in his most popular and treasured book, Orestes or the Art of Smiling. Equal parts fairy tale and work of art, Gnoli's 1961 book tells the tale of Orestes, young Prince of Terramafiusa, and how he… Read More