Description
No Dust Jacket, a mylar jacket has been added. the Very Good binding is light blue paper over boards, black cloth backed, cover illustration is Mellops in diving gear and one playing a harp, rear cover illustration is the Mellops, edge-wear, corner-wear, some soiling to the covers. the binding is tight but some pages have stains. The book measures 8″ tall x 9.5″ wide.
About the author/illustrator (from Wikipedia)
Jean-Thomas “Tomi” Ungerer (28 November 1931 – 9 February 2019) was a French artist and writer from Alsace . He published over 140 books ranging from children’s books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. Ungerer was known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. He is also famous as a cartoonist and designer of political posters and film posters.
Ungerer received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998 for his “lasting contribution” as a children’s illustrator.
