Accession number
PML 198822
Creator
Gibbs, Wolcott, 1902-1958.
Published
New York : Random House, 1946
Credit line
Purchased on the Edwin V. Erbe Acquisitions Fund, 2022.
Notes
"First printing."
"With two exceptions ... the pieces in this book were originally written for the New Yorker."--Preface.
"With two exceptions ... the pieces in this book were originally written for the New Yorker."--Preface.
Description
358 pages ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To G.S. Lobrano -- Who was the / first to read most of it -- / Gratefully, Wolcott Gibbs".
Provenance
Gustav S. Lobrano (1902-1956); Dorothy Lobrano Guth (1928-2016); Dorothy Jean Guth.
Binding
Gray cloth, yelllow and black stamped; pictorial dust jacket with artwork by Charles Addams and author's photograph by Hilde Hubbuck.
Classification
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