James Thurber WONDERFUL O First ed. Thus and similar items

THE WONDERFUL O By James Thurber. Illustrated by Marc Simont. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1990). First edition illustrated by Marc Simont, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page, $10.95 to the jacket's flap. Delightfully illustrated throughout with darkly smile-provoking drawings by the Caldecott Award winning artist Marc Simont. Originally published in 1957, this is a humorous tale in which the letter O has been ejected by order of newly arrived pirates in a passive island community--except for four important words. Fine, firm, tight and square in autumn-yellow linen with black embossed vignette illustration to the front cover and with black embossed titles to the spine, blue end-papers; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with a short, faint surface impression line to the upper front panel; original printed $10.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.