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First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the illustrator with ALS laid in.

First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the illustrator with ALS laid in.

59 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. This is the

59 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. This is the hardcover only stated Knopf Edition from 1976. Other than a back cardholder flyleaf (ex lib), both the mylar-covered dj and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.

Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges.; 8.70 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 59 pages.

Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges.; 8.70 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 59 pages.

Very good+ in a very good+ price clipped dust jacket.; 4to 11"-13" tall.

Very good+ in a very good+ price clipped dust jacket.; 4to 11"-13" tall.

0394832760. SIGNED by John Gardner on the front endpaper. Near fine in a fine

0394832760. SIGNED by John Gardner on the front endpaper. Near fine in a fine dj. (2"-inch red marker line on bottom edge. Some discoloration to edges of boards & cloth) A juvenile.

First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed

First edition. Illustrated by Michael Sporn. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Gardner. A children's book. From the collection of novelist Nicholas Delbanco. Gardner and acclaimed novelist and critic Delbanco first forged a friendship when Delbanco hosted Gardner during a reading tour at Bennington College in 1974. Delbanco ended up hiring Gardner for the English Department at the College. They and their families began a close professional and personal relationship in which each of the authors strove to critique the other's works in private and promote them in public, Gardner touting Delbanco as "one of the country's best novelists." Each acknowledged the contribution of the other in developing both their theories of literature and for specific elements of their respective works, whether it be Delbanco using Gardner's title *Stillness* for one of his novels or Gardner using Delbanco's writing to help clarify the husband-wife relationship in one of his own works. Delbanco's home and family became a refuge for both Gardner and his first wife during their messy divorce. Following Gardner's death in a 1982 motorcycle accident, Delbanco became Gardner's literary executor; editing and contributing an introduction to Gardner's posthumously published *Stillness and Shadows*. Delbanco's daughter Francesca, who was an occasional babysitter of Gardner's children, and who has herself published two well-received novels, *Ask Me Anything* and *Midnight in Manhattan* was the Dedicatee of one of Gardner's acclaimed children's books, *The King of Hummingbirds*.