first edition Hardcover
1964 · New York
by Addams, Chas (Charles)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 88pp. Quarto [ 28 cm] 1/4 white paper with green paper covered boards, and black ink stamped titles. The top edge of the front board is just a little faded. In the price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, with wear to the edges, including periodic small losses. The jacket also has several small areas of subtle moisture staining on the reverse. An anthology of drawings by legendary Charles Addams. Charles Addams (1912-1988) became world famous for his New Yorker cartoons. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrator's Hall of Fame in November 2022.
"After they appeared on a TV sitcom that ran from 1964 to 1966, The Addams Family, as they came to be known, enjoyed an afterlife in syndication, as well as books, animated series, live-action films, a Broadway musical, a pinball machine, video games and ads hawking everything from M&Ms to home insurance." (NPR.org). (Inventory #: 67697)
"After they appeared on a TV sitcom that ran from 1964 to 1966, The Addams Family, as they came to be known, enjoyed an afterlife in syndication, as well as books, animated series, live-action films, a Broadway musical, a pinball machine, video games and ads hawking everything from M&Ms to home insurance." (NPR.org). (Inventory #: 67697)