THE GONDOLIER OF VENICE; Illustrated by Robert Byrd
New York: Windmill Books / E.P. Dutton, 1976. Robert Byrd. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Illustrator Robert Byrd, who has added an ORIGINAL SKETCH of the Gondolier & gondola, quarto / 4to (10 1/4" x 7 3/4"), light red cloth with black lettering on spine and small silhouette of the Gondolier & gondola on front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting the cartoon mouse Gondolier and passengers in gondola on a Venician canal, yellow endpapers, [32] pages. Fine / Near Fine. Item #6386
ISBN: 0525615393
A delightful and humorous and illustrated treatment of Venice, and a delightful mouse gonolier who works to save his sinking city.
FINE tight copy. Immaculate pages with bright crisp illustrations of Venice. Slight edgewear to dust jacket (unclipped) that has a small clean tear at top of the rear panel. No remainder marks.
Robert John Byrd (born 1942) is a highly respected American author and award-winning illustrator.
Robert Kraus (1925 – 2001) was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker.
Price: $70.00