The POGO STEPMOTHER GOOSE; by Walt Kelly
by Kelly, Walt
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Good/None. Walt Kelly. Small 4to (9 3/4" x 6 1/2"), mainly green pictorial wrappers with black-white-&-yellow designs and lettering, profusely illustrated with cartoons by Walt Kelly, cartoon endpapers, [90] cartoon pages + [91] Eenie Finis + [2] Afterword. Walt Kelly (1913 - 1973) was an American animator and cartoonist best known for the comic strip POGO. The individual strips were collected into at least 20 books edited by Kelly. One of the best is THE POGO STEPMOTHER GOOSE. Walt received the Reuben Award for the series in 1951.<br/><br/>The principal characters were Pogo the Possum, Albert the Alligator, Churchy LaFemme, a turtle, Howland Owl, Beauregard (Houndog), Porkypine, and Miz Mamzelle Hepzibah, an attractive French skunk. <br/><br/>Contains such classic send-ups as: Robin, The Red Breasted Hood; Willow the Wasp; Hot Cross Buns; The Black Sheep; Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do; The Cow Jumped Over the Mood...and other humorous effusions. <br/><br/><br/>GOOD COPY: tight and without underlining or scribbles. Moderate wear; occasional nicks to edges of pages; uniform medium age-toning due to post-war paper. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7001
- Title
- The POGO STEPMOTHER GOOSE; by Walt Kelly
- Author
- Kelly, Walt
- Illustrator
- Walt Kelly
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Illustrated, cartoons, Pogo, Swamp, politics, satire, McCarthy, folk tales, mother goose, humor
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.