The completist part of me was pleased to finally get hold of James Thurber’s The Great Quillow the other day. It was the only remaining dust-jacketed Thurber title (US title, that is*) missing from the Spill library; I’ve had a jacket-less copy of The Great Quillow for many years. Admittedly, I was in no great hurry to get hold of
Read moreFollowing are a few notices about the celebrated illustrator, Marc Simont, who passed away July 13th in Cornwall, Connecticut. The Los Angeles Times, July 21,2013, “Marc Simont dies at age 97; award-winning children’s book artist” The New York Times, July 16, 2013, “Marc Simont, Classic Children’s book illustrator, Dies at 97” Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2013, “Obituary: Marc Simont” The
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