[1st ed] Miranda the Panda is on the Veranda
First edition children’s book with illustrations by esteemed (and notorious) detective and crime fiction author Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train) with rhymes by her then-lover Dorothy Sanders. Published by Coward-McCann, Inc in 1958. Highsmith’s only children’s book. Large 8vo, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to the boards, some foxing to the endpapers, contents clean. Some rubbing and staining to the dust jacket, with a few closed tears, and chips along the spine. Scarce with the dust jacket.
First edition children’s book with illustrations by esteemed (and notorious) detective and crime fiction author Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train) with rhymes by her then-lover Dorothy Sanders. Published by Coward-McCann, Inc in 1958. Highsmith’s only children’s book. Large 8vo, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to the boards, some foxing to the endpapers, contents clean. Some rubbing and staining to the dust jacket, with a few closed tears, and chips along the spine. Scarce with the dust jacket.
First edition children’s book with illustrations by esteemed (and notorious) detective and crime fiction author Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train) with rhymes by her then-lover Dorothy Sanders. Published by Coward-McCann, Inc in 1958. Highsmith’s only children’s book. Large 8vo, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to the boards, some foxing to the endpapers, contents clean. Some rubbing and staining to the dust jacket, with a few closed tears, and chips along the spine. Scarce with the dust jacket.
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