The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures [First Issue]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book, a collection of light verse. 8vo: viii,[4],82pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; off-white paper-covered boards stamped in gold; first issue price-clipped dust jacket, with "two small children" (later corrected..... more