First American edition.
Inscribed by the illustrator on the title page: "For... / who knows how to embarrass me with the sins of my past. --Jim McMullan / Summer 1989".
Jim McMullan is an internationally acclaimed artist who has designed more than fifty posters for Lincoln Center Theater. He has also created illustrations for every major American magazine. With his wife Kate, he has created many award-winning children's books. In 2010 he illustrated the best-selling Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies.
Translated by Gabriella Azrael. Good .
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