RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981. First edition. Near fine in fine jacket.. First printing of Cleary's sixth Ramona book, a Newbury Honor book and one of the great American novels of third grade. Ramona Quimby first appeared as a minor side character in Clearly's 1950 HENRY HUGGINS, eventually growing into a protagonist capable of sustaining her own decades-spanning series. RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8 explores the timeless themes of being annoying, being annoyed, writing book reports, and how to encourage one's parents in their artistic endeavors. This copy in uncommonly good condition. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter tan cloth with black and orange pictorial boards. Tan endpapers. In original unclipped ($7.95) pictorial dust jacket. 190, [2] pages. Faint spine lean, light edgewear to boards, minor soil text block edges. Jacket with trace sunning to spine. Bright and crisp. (Inventory #: 53098)