Author: WYSS, Johann
Title: The Swiss Family Robinson
Description: New York, The Heritage Press, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by David Gentleman. Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. xiii, 354pp. Frontispiece, full-page engravings, pictorial map endpapers. Very good/very good. Spine faintly sunned; rear hinge discretly, archivally reinforced, thus strong; mild slipcase edgewear. A tight and nice reprint edition of the 1963 Limited Editions Club edition -- superbly illustrated. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to half-title page is a card inscribed by a cast member from the 1960 film version of "Swiss Family Robinson" -- on a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card, JAMES MacARTHUR (1937-2010; portrays Fritz Robinson) boldly inscribes and signs "To Richard, / Aloha -- / James MacArthur," dating it 2 March 1977 at upper right. Laid in is the perfect bookmark: MacArthur's original transmittal envelope. .

Keywords: World Literature


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