CRANES AT DUSK

Garden City, NY.: The Dial Press / Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in tan paper covered boards, with a gilt stamped black cloth spine, in a very nice dust jacket with light toning to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed/inscribed by the author Hisako Matsubara on the front free end-page. Laid-in at the front is ANs (Autograph Note Signed) by Hisako Matsubara written to the collector. From the collection of (truncated) Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Author . (Inventory #: 76538)