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The Wonderful O
by James Thurber
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1556111894
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111891
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1990-09-13. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 5x0x8. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Minimal tear to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2308150030
- Title
- The Wonderful O
- Author
- James Thurber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1556111894
- ISBN 13
- 9781556111891
- Publisher
- Donald I. Fine, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990-09-13
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 9 oz
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