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Leonard Wibberley. Four Novels, including:... (Total: 4 Items)
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Leonard Wibberley. Four Novels, including: The Shannon Sailors: A Voyage to the Heart of Ireland. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo. 156 [157] pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very slightly rubbed and discolored jacket, else a near fine copy. The incredibly versatile Irish-American author Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley (1915 - 1983) recounts a delightful family adventure in Ireland with his four sons in this enjoyable and bright novel. [and:] The Mouse on the Moon. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Octavo. 191 pages. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over pink boards with a small gilt illustration on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt over black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Lydia Fruhauf. Black coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing and sunning to the jacket, else a near fine copy. Wibberley wrote this amusing novel as the sequel to The Mouse That Roared, of 1955, and Beware of the Mouse, of 1958. In 1963 Richard Lester directed a film, The Mouse on the Moon, based upon this novel. [and:] McGillicuddy McGotham. Illustrated by Aldren A. Watson. Boston, Toronto: Lilttle, Brown and Company, [1956]. Published March 1956. Reprinted March 1956. Small octavo. 111 pages. Delightfully illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's green boards with a small illustration stamped in silver on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Aldren A. Watson. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, very minor bumping to the corners, a tiny tear to the head of the jacket spine, few very tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, price cut from the jacket, bookseller's stamp in black on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Wibberley's witty story about a leprechaun who made a visit to the United States in search of his pot of gold, but also for a larger mission to save the home grounds of leprechauns from destruction by the construction of a new runway for New World Airlines. [and:] The Time of the Lamb: A Christmas Story. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., [1961]. Sixteenmo. 47 pages. Several charming illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's blue cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in gilt on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Light blue coated endpapers. Some minor rubbing to the jacket, one tiny tear to the top of the jacket, some discoloration to the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. This heart warming story originally appeared in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post during Christmas time in 1960.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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