The Chas Addams Mother Goose.

First edition of The Chas Addams Mother Goose; inscribed by him with an original drawing

The Chas Addams Mother Goose.

ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].

Item Number: 128084

First edition of Addams’ adaptation of Mother Goose. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “For Gert Cooper all best for Mother’s Day Chas Addams 1978.” Addams has added an original large drawing of Grandma Addams. In near fine condition.

American artist and cartoonist Charles Addams was widely known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters, who became known as the Addams Family and have been the basis for spin-offs in several other forms of media. Addams's cartoons regularly appeared in The New Yorker, and he also created a syndicated single-panel comic, Out of This World, which ran 1955–1957. There are many collections of his work, including Drawn and Quartered (1942) and Monster Rally (1950), the latter with a foreword by John O'Hara. The University of Pennsylvania has a Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall on its campus at 36th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. There is a small sculpture of the Addams Family in front of the building.

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